Tourism exhibition ‘India Travel Mart’ begins

Tribune News Service

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Amritsar, November 23

The three-day travel and tourism exhibition, India Travel Mart (ITM), was inaugurated by Member of Parliament Gurjeet Singh Aujla here on Friday.

Delegates of different tourism boards like Kerala, West Bengal, Goa, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and travel agents, tour operators from Amritsar, Punjab and nearby cities are attending the meet.

The delegates shared insights of various destinations and facilities with tourists. Speaking about it, Surjit Singh, Tourist Information Officer, Himachal Pradesh, said, “We are offering home stays in rural areas of Himachal Pradesh. People can come, stay with locals and enjoy their time.”

“With the kind of stressful lives that we lead, a person tends to look for refreshing holidays and unique travel destination to unwind, to simplify this need and to help people of India in choosing the best option according to their requirements, we organise ITM-Amritsar annually wherein the customers get specially designed packages,” said Ajay Gupta, chairman and managing director of the ICM group and brain behind ITM-Amritsar.

“The ITM-Amritsar caters to the needs of both B2B and B2C visitors. The basic purpose of holding this event is to boost tourism awareness worldwide,” he added.

Laxmikant Vaigankar, General Manager, Goa Tourism Development Corporation, said, “Goa is not only about beaches, it is more than that. We have forests, temples and other tourism attractions.”