A busy agenda for FAITH

FAITH is planning to conduct a solidarity meeting with stakeholders of the industry from Kashmir, revealed Subhash Goyal, Honorary Secretary, FAITH.

TT Bureau

Subhash Goyal

has revealed that FAITH and its Board members will be going to Srinagar to express their solidarity with the travel and hospitality industry of Jammu & Kashmir. “We have circulated the information regarding the same amongst all our members and we are getting a good response,” he says.

If tour operators, hotels, and MOT advertise the logo and GST benefits on their website, tourism will grow

Apart from that FAITH will also launch a new logo for the industry to attract tourists to India. Sharing details of the same, Goyal said, “We have thanked the government on reducing the GST and visa fee, and we are having an urgent meeting with all the hoteliers and the stakeholders on promoting India as an attractive destination internationally, for which we will be launching a common logo that can be used by everyone in the industry (tour operators and hoteliers) on their websites. The logo will showcase what the government has done to make India a potential destination for international travellers.” He said that the idea is to fulfil the government’s vision of doubling the number of tourists in the next few years and that the benefit of reduction in GST is passed on to the final customer, so that the Indian package becomes cheaper than what it is currently. He insisted that if they can achieve these two things, it will be great. “If each of the 1,500 tour operators of IATO advertise the logo and GST benefits on their respective websites and the same is done by hotels and even MOT, it will grow the tourist numbers,” claimed Goyal. He also clarified that having a logo for promotion is an initiative of FAITH and an approval from MOT is awaited.

Sharing more news, he said that the Chairman of ITM 2020 will be Chander Mansharamani, Vice Chairman of ICPB. The dates will be revealed soon.