Australian travel agents were invited to get to ‘Know India Better’ at special seminars in Sydney.
Hosted by AITTC, India Tourism, Taj Hotels, Insight Vacations and Air India the seminars were held for frontline travel agents to help educate them on India, flights and hotels.
The first of a number to be held in 2015, the seminar also gave agents the opportunity to try authentic Indian food served with traditional Indian red wine.
Agents invited were Helloworld Carlingford, other Helloworld agents, Diploma Travel, Flight Centre, Thornleigh Cruise and Travel, Golden Global International Travel, Trans Am Travel, Travel Managers, Worldstar Travel, Mobile Travel Agents, Baulkham Hills Travel and Reho Travel attended.
Vibhava Tripathi, Director of India Tourism in Sydney, introduced India and its lesser-known activities for tourists, including biking and golf.
Joost Timmer from Insight Vacations spoke about India Tour packages.
Marie Anderson spoke about Air India, the only non-stop carrier between Australia and Delhi, and Ben Johnson from Taj Group spoke about their luxury hotels, spas and safaris in India.
“This was another successful event organised by the AITTC, where we have worked with partners to inform the trade about India. This event is the first of its kind. The AITTC will introduce a help desk to feature on its website, as part of this educational program to help the industry.”
Sandip Hor, AITTC Chairman
India has stepped up its efforts in attracting Australian travellers over the last six months and last year event introduced India Tourist Visa on Arrival (TVoA).
The TVoA enabled by Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), has made it easier than ever to obtain a Visa for India, and should see an increase the number of travellers to India.