The Goa International Travel Mart (GITM) 2019, one of India’s Biggest Hosted Buyer Travel-Event supported by the Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India concluded on 25th October 2019 with Dr.Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister of Goa, assuring support to investors in the tourism sector and further endorsing the move to develop Goa as a Medical Tourism Destination.
Dr. Sawant who had inaugurated GITM 2019 at Arpora on 23rd October 2019, visited the GITM exhibition and interacted with several of the tourism stakeholders who participated at the prestigious B2B event in Goa.
During the two-day GITM 2019 exhibition held at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium, several business sessions were held for participants namely by Mr. Chiraj Goel of MakeMyTrip & Goibibo, whiskey and wine tasting sessions and a talk was held by medical tourism which was attended by the medical fraternity in Goa.
GITM aims to increase the overall size of the tourism sector in Goa. The event will gather international professionals looking to find new ways to further Goa as an ideal destination and get first-hand exposure to various tourism products of the destination helping to add more days to the itineraries.
Major National and State level Trade and hospitality associations including the Association of Domestic Tour Operators Association of India (ADTOI), Adventure Tour Operators Association of India (ATOAI), India Association of Tour Operators (IATO), Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), Enterprising Agents Association of India (ETAA), Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG), etc are among the many supporting the event.
The event has been a grand success for several of the Goan stake-holders and presented a unique opportunity to showcase some of the best hospitality products to travel agents and tour operators from around the world. This event will help create a networking eco-system to focus on developing business opportunities with the travel-trade from India and abroad.
The event attracted participation from different parts of Goa, making it the biggest congregation of stake-holders from the state. The event presented opportunities for the State’s Hospitality and tourism industry to come together and showcase our diverse products to a global audience. The event generated interest for the state and had received commitments from Buyers to include more products of the state in their itineraries.
The event was Organized as a pure B2B event of 15 different tourism segments World Heritage Sites, Adventure & Wildlife, Business Travel and Hotels, Conference and Meetings, Pilgrimages, Festivals of Goa, etc
Over 100 Exhibitors representing various products of Goa such as Luxury Hospitality Products, Homestays, Casinos and Gaming destinations, Whiskey and Wine Trails, Destination Management Companies, Adventure products such as water sports and Scuba Diving, Festivals of Goa, etc.
Deltin Group, Taj Hotels, Marriott, Le Meridien Goa – Calangute and DoubleTree Hilton – Panaji were the Hospitality Partners for the Event.
The entire event was managed by Alica Purple Advertising Pvt. Ltd who were selected by the Tourism Department. Sphere Travelmedia and Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd., was the ‘Strategic Partner’ for the event
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