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To motivate further growth of travel to India , India Tourism in joint collaboration with Australia India Travel & Tourism Council (AITTC) hosted a roadshow cum information session, titled ‘Know India Better’ on 10th October evening at the Pullman Quay Grand Sydney Harbour.

As the title suggests, the purpose of this event was to provide updated information on India to the Sydney based travel industry members comprising mainly of India focussed outbound tour operators joined by airlines, hotels and other stakeholders. It was organised to coincide with Luxperience, a major Sydney based international travel mart, which was attended by many Australia focussed inbound tour operators from India – a delegation led by G. D Bairwa Assistant Director India Tourism , based in Singapore. Many of these Indian tours operators were present during the evening to discuss with their Aussie business associates the challenges and opportunities from the market downunder.

While the main presentation on India as an incredible destination to visit was delivered by Amit Kumar from India Tourism , Motti Abraham from Air India talked about the aviation capacity and the airline’s market presence in this sector and Madhushimita Khound from Avani Travel Services in India about the beauty of India’s unexplored North East frontier.

Eminent tour operators Loveleen Sagar from Distant Frontier in India and Eric Finlay from Adventure World in Australia highlighted the market dynamics of the travel from Australia to India and Linda Ross from Ross Garden Tours introduced ‘Gardens of India’ as a product to be considered .

Earlier Chandru Appar Deputy Consul General, Indian Consulate in Sydney spoke about India’s current standing while Sandip Hor AITTC Chairman outlined how India has become a true transformational destination.

John Zubrzycki Sydney-based author, specialising in South Asia, in particular India finished the formal part sharing his wonderful travel experiences in India.

Phillip Boniface, Co Chairman AITTC as MC kept the audience focussed while maintaining the schedule.