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New Year, a new beginning
The year 2008 was marked by ups and downs in the tourism industry.
The forecast for the New Year, although not too bright, still
spells a glimmer of hope for an industry that will slowly
but steadily get its bearings together. By Andrea Lopez
‘The
metro-centric traveller would continue to seek experiential
holiday options’
P Manoharan, Tourism Malaysia
‘The
industry will definitely get out of the crisis situation’
Edward Zhu Xuemin, China Eastern Airlines
‘This
new year will be a harbinger for new things to come’
Abhilasha Jain, Tourism Australia
‘The
lesson to be learnt here is not to put all eggs in one basket’
Dr Venu, Government of Kerala
‘The
tourism industry should focus on improving its services and
value-add its products’
Anthony Lau, Hong Kong Tourism
Board
'It is imperative
that there is greater focus on infrastructure'
Arthur Hoffman, Expedia
‘We need
a regulatory board for airline operations’
Biji Eapen, IATA Agents Association
of India
‘Ancillary
airports need to be upgraded’
Koustav M Dhar, MDLR Airlines
‘Big
players will be at an advantage’
Karan Anand, Cox and Kings
‘MICE,
particularly long-haul, will suffer a lot in 2009’
Karim Mekachera, French Tourist
Office
‘With
oil prices now falling, airfares are expected to come down’
Keith Beecham, VisitBritain
‘Crisis
can also function as catalyst for improvement’
Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, Jet Airways
‘2009
will see more mergers and marketing alliances in aviation’
Kiran Nambiar, Tourism New Zealand
‘2008
was extremely volatile’
Orhan Abbas, Emirates Airline
‘2008
has been a watershed year’
Zubin Karkaria, Kuoni Travel Group
‘Some
companies will flounder, some will flourish’
Rajeev Kohli, Creative Travel India
‘Government
should look into lowering ATF taxes’
Pradip Lulla, TAFI
‘If we
work together, we can make a difference’
Mukesh Jagga, ADTOI
'Things
can only get better from here'
Rajji Rai, TAAI
‘We will,
from now on, work with a positive attitude’
Vijay Thakur, IATO
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