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Ashwani Lohani, Chairman & Managing Director, Air India, has been appointed as the Chairman of WTTCII for the year 2017. Lohani, who has served as the Vice Chairman of WTTCII for the year 2016, takes over from Kapil Chopra, President, The Oberoi Group, who completed his term at the recently held AGM in Delhi.
Also, Sunder G Advani, Chairman & Managing Director, Advani Hotels & Resorts (India) Ltd has been appointed as the Vice Chairman of WTTCII for the year 2017. Lohani said, “Over the years, WTTCII has been championing convergence between Government of India and states to facilitate tourism in India and we will continue to do so. With the GST in place by next year, the states will have the major onus of implementing smart policies for facilitating tourism on the ground. We will continue to work with the states, with the strength of our members, to improve access, address infrastructural gaps and policy bottlenecks for tourism to flourish, and most importantly create jobs, employment and provide a vigorous boost to tourism’s contribution to the state’s GDP.”
Advani added, “We welcome the groundbreaking move by Government of India introducing E-visa policy for 158 countries at 16 Airports and five Cruise Ports. These measures will bring in high spending foreign tourists who will spend more and add to the growth of our GDP. While there has been some growth in foreign tourist arrivals and reve-
nues earned but, as an industry, we desire and can achieve exponential growth in numbers and revenues. We will need to work together with the help of the government to showcase India as an attractive tourist destination through aggressive and targeted marketing.”
Source: travelnewsdigest.in