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The
Inauguration
The recently concluded TravelWorld 2005, was in all essence
a celebration of ballooning inbound and outbound segment added
to an aviation sector poised on the cusp of quantum growth.
In addition to this, it identified striking trends pertinent
to the future of the industry, reports Bhisham Mansukhani
CEO
Conclave: Paving The Way For India’s Tourism Turnaround
The CEO Conclave at TravelWorld 2005 witnessed the convergence
of several captains of the industry to discuss and - ‘Global
Tourism Trends Impacting Indian Businesses’. A high-powered
panel moderated by Pradip Madhavji, chairman elect, SAARC
Chamber Tourism Council, pondered upon international and Indian
tourism's purple patch as well the potential threats that
could spoil the party. Express Travel & Tourism presents
the complete picture
Medical
Tourism - Wealth Within Health
India's relatively developing medical tourism segment has
been anointed by industry pundits as the next 'best' thing
to happen to tourism. There is however plenty of challenges
to be met along the roadmap towards critical mass for this
segment. According to a McKinsey report, India is poised to
generate business worth US$ 2.2 billion by 2010, but is yet
to receive proper accreditation and requisite standardisation
systems in place. Also, there is a dearth of synergies between
hospitals and tour operators to promote this sector. These
were some of the findings at the session titled, 'Medical
Tourism: Opportunities and Challenges'.
Medical
Tourism: India’s New Pulse Point
Moderately conservative figures indicate half a million people
travel across the globe for health purposes. India, with its
5,000 years of medicine, has just begun to formally, claim
its share. In India, mainly tour operators and health care
centers or hospitals offering treatment sustain this segment.
Both these mediums come out of their routine areas of operations
to contribute to this new challenging area.
Dubai
Plans To Reinvent Itself Beyond Shopping And MICE
An average annual growth of 18 per cent since 1997. From 125,000
to 350,000 arrivals in just seven years. No doubt that the
success story needed strategic planning and the Department
of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) Dubai is bang on
target. "We have definitely benefited from the emergence
of short haul and intra-region travel. Our focus has been
on making people travel - be it for leisure, MICE, business,
shopping or stopover. We would like to increase arrivals by
10-12 per cent in 2005 and have planned to reinvent Dubai
as a destination," said Khalid Ibrahim Bin Nassar, officer
overseas promotion, DTCM.
Malaysia’s
2005 Target: 16.7 m Arrivals
In year 2005, bolstered by an allocation of RM130 million,
Malaysia is targeting 16.7 million tourist arrivals.
Tourism
Malaysia To Launch Innovative Packages
Tourism Malaysia is launching packages for youth for the first
time in the country in April this year. This move along with
reaching out to secondary cities is part of an aggressive
strategy to garner more tourist traffic from India to Malaysia.
"Indian youth can prove to be a big target market for
Malaysia and therefore we are planning to create basic packages
for this segment.
My
Word!
A cross-section of exhibitors, participants and visitors at
TravelWorld 2005 express their opinions and share their feedback
with us...
SnapShots
TravelWorld 2005 saw the veritable who's who of the travel
and tourism industry turn out en masse during the span of
four days. Innovative Indian and international pavilions sprawled
the venue. Each day saw numerous business sessions that debated
industry specific topics, saw tensions rise and ideas merge
to spell out fresh initiatives for the future of the industry.
All those serious business transactions and intelligent discourses
left everyone longing to let their hair down and relax. Post-event,
Mumbai's city nightlife saw an influx of exhibitors and participants
alike who hit the party circuit to boogie the night away,
cocktails et al...
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