Ministers, diplomats, bureaucrats and travel industry stalwarts attend TTF&OTM.

A host of dignitaries, comprising tourism ministers, diplomats, bureaucrats and senior travel industry members attended TTF&OTM at Mumbai and New Delhi.

TTF&OTM Mumbai was inaugurated by Shri Nawang Rigzin Zora, Minister of Tourism and Culture, Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir, in the presence of Shri Derek Galpin, Managing Director (China & India) of Canadian Tourism Commission. Among other dignitaries who visited was the Premier of Bermuda, His Excellency Dr. Ewart F. Brown.

The Delhi edition was inaugurated by Shri Sultan Ahmed, Minister of State for Tourism, Govt. of India, in the presence of Excellencies Mr. Zhang Yan, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in India, Mr. Krit Kraichitti, The Ambassador of Thailand in India, and Mr. Kesang Wangdi, Director General, Tourism Council of Bhutan. Among the other dignitaries who attended were Shri Manabendra Mukherjee, Tourism Minister of West Bengal, and Shri Sujit Banerjee, Secretary Tourism, Government of India, who presided over the Valedictory Function and gave away the TTF&OTM Awards.

A large number of senior travel and hospitality industry professionals, including senior office bearers of travel bodies like Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), Association of Domestic Tour Operators (ADTOI), Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO), and India Convention Promotion Bureau (ICPB) among others, also attended both the shows.