Now, 15 reasons to visit Dubai

With new tour packages being introduced online for the India market, Lama Tours hopes to welcome more Indians to the UAE. Kulwant Singh, CEO and Managing Director, Lama Group, tells about India being one of the most lucrative markets for the UAE and expec

Lama Tours recently held their annual roadshow in four cities and the first one started in Delhi on the April 6, 2015, at Le Meridien, New Delhi. This also happened to be the 13TH year that the group came to India. The event witnessed the presence of big and popular faces from the travel industry both from India as well as the UAE. Kulwant Singh, CEO and Managing Director, Lama Group, says, “The roadshow is basically focused on outbound business out of India to the UAE and we have got about 20 coparticipants with us who are representing various kinds of products from the UAE such as excursions, lavish hotels, budget hotels that the Indian customers would always like to look forward to.”

Talking about the Indian market, Singh added that India is the most lucrative market for them and the passion for the Indian travellers continues. According to him, the highest number of visitors from India visited the UAE last year. Singh says, “This year, in the first quarter, we recorded nearly 22 to 23 per cent growth over last year and we hope that this continues even in the second and third quarter. India is very important for us as the trend of Indian travellers are changing to a three nights to four or five-night stay with a combination of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Hence, it is becoming more and more important for us to target this market.”

This year Lama Tours is planning to introduce new products and tour packages online so that there will be inventory available and people will be able to book online packages with live inventory on its system. Besides that, many other combos will be launched which will be called ‘ Fifteen reasons to visit Dubai in 2015.’ Singh explains, “The whole roadshow is themed around 2015 and fifteen most important reasons to visit Dubai. In that we are going to have 15 most exclusive packages which had not been in the market ever. India market and the travel trade will witness these 15 exclusive packages and will be able to book from Lama Tours in the next couple of months.”