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ADTOI Convention: February 12-14

Associatio­n of Domestic Tour Operators of India (ADTOI) has announced its 10th Annual Convention at Statue of Unity in Gujarat from February 12-14. The event will be hosted with the support of Gujarat Tourism.

- Nisha Verma

The theme of ADTOI’s upcoming annual convention will be ‘Domestic Tourism – Hope for the Revival – Dekho Apna Desh’, and will be hosted at Statue of Unity that is gradually becoming popular among domestic tourists. The main event will take place at the Convention Hall, Tent City 2 in Kevadia. Chetan Gupta, Hony. General Secretary, ADTOI, will be the Convention Chairman, while Ashok Dhoot, Chapter Chairman, Gujarat Chapter, ADTOI, will be the coChairman of the convention.

PP Khanna, President, ADTOI says, “The convention is in line with the Tourism Minister’s declaratio­n of 2021 as the year of domestic tourism. We expect the presence of almost 400 delegates for the convention. We are also expecting the Chief Minister of Gujarat to join us for the inaugurati­on. The following day will be for business sessions and presentati­ons.” On February 14, there will be a half-day tour of Kevadia. “Kevadia has become a pulsating destinatio­n and is growing rapidly in popularity. Statue of Unity is already receiving an increasing number of tourists with each passing day. Gujarat is working hard to revive and stabilise tourism. ADTOI has also been supporting Gujarat tourism. We will be focusing on many topics, including ‘Challenges and Opportunit­ies Pre-COVID and Post-COVID’, ‘What we have learnt from the pandemic’, ‘Virtual is the reality today’, and ‘How

It’s time that our members and the travel fraternity started travelling – Chetan Gupta

We expect the presence of almost 400 delegates for the convention – PP Khanna

to convert unorganise­d tourism into organised tourism’. Apart from that, rural and tribal tourism will also be discussed,” he says.

Gupta adds, “It’s time that the entire travel fraternity started travelling, so we can tell our clients it is safe to travel."

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Hony. General Secretary ADTOI and Convention Chairman
Chetan Gupta Hony. General Secretary ADTOI and Convention Chairman
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PP Khanna President, ADTOI
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