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 co-Chairman 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 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.”

Test and attend!

ADTOI Executive Committee has decided that all delegates attending the convention will have to take an RT-PCR test. They will then have to submit their reports within 72 hours of their travel date to be able to attend the convention.