37th IATO Annual Convention in Lucknow, UP from 16 -19 December 2022
The 37th IATO Annual Convention will be held in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh from 16 -19 December 2022. Inauguration of the convention will be held on 16th December at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow and Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath has given his kind consent to grace the occasion with his presence and inaugurate the convention, said Mr. Rajiv Mehra, President, Indian Association of Tour Operators. The Centrum Lucknow will be the venue hotel and all other activities including registration for the convention, business sessions and evening programmes will be held at The Centrum, Lucknow.
While announcing the decision of the Executive Committee, Mr. Rajiv Mehra, President, IATO said, “We expect about 900-1000 delegates from all over the country to participate which will include senior officials from the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India and States, industry leaders, tourism and hospitality professionals, travel trade media. Added attraction for this year convention would be Post Convention Tours to Ayodhya and Varanasi.
We expect participation of about 18 to 20 State Governments in the convention as every state is keen to re-instate inbound tourism to their respective states. This year focus in the convention would be to deliberate about the revival of inbound tourism to India therefore, the theme of the convention and subjects for the business sessions would be suitably decided by the committee.
Concurrently with our convention, there will be Travel Mart, which will be an opportunity for the exhibitors to showcase exciting and diverse range of destinations, conference and Incentive venues especially by the state governments.
