In continuation, IATO has further expanded its wings by appointing Co-Chairman and in-charge in various states and union territories.
Rajasthan being the large state with strong membership basis, was considered to have a Co-chairman and Mr. Mahendra Singh of Holidays N Vaccations, Jaipur has been appointed as Co-Chairman of Rajasthan.
It was for a long time in the mind of IATO EC to have a Co-Chairman of Uttar Pradesh who should be based in Varanasi, keeping in view the importance of Varanasi as a big tourist attraction, both for international and domestic tourists and Mr. Bhuvanendra Vikram Singh of Prime Value Tours Pvt. Ltd has been given this responsibility.
Sikkim being a prime tourist destination needed a Co-Chairman, keeping in view the distance between North Bengal and Sikkim. Mr. Namgyal P Sherpa of Namgyal Treks & Tours, Gangtok has been appointed as co-chairman to assist Chairman of Sikkim and North Bengal Chapter who is based in Siliguri, Darjeeling.
Similar is the case of Andaman & Nicobar and Mr. Mohamed Jadwet has been appointed as Co-Chairman in Andaman & Nicobar to assist the Chairman based in Chennai.
Besides the above, two state in-charge have been appointed in Manipur & Tripura to assist Chairman of IATO North East Chapter and Mr H. Radhakrishna Sharma, of Seven Sisters Holidays and Mr. Soumen Dutta of Hindustan Tour & Travels have been appointed State In-Charge of Manipur and Tripura respectively.
Mr. Rajiv Mehra President of Indian Association of Tour Operators expressed his happiness and mentioned that with this step taken by the IATO Executive Committee, IATO’s reach is now in all most all part of the country geographically and we hope to see more tourism stake holders to join IATO who will be able to in turn promote these places with more vigour with the help of tour operators from metro cities.
