Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) northern region would organise a mega event ‘CII Tourism Fest’ in Chandigarh from December 5-7 to promote tourism in this region, in India and worldwide.
The first ever ‘CII Tourism Fest’ would be organised with the partnership of all northern State Governments in Chandigarh at parade ground with domestic as well international participation. Chandigarh would be the the host city and Punjab Government has agreed to be the principal partner State while Gujarat would be the ‘Partner State’ in this unique initiative.
“State like Jharkhand, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh have also confirmed their participation as ‘Focus States’ whereas discussions are on with Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Odisha who have all shown interest to participate”, said Arjun Sharma, chairman, CII Tourism Fest 2013 abd Managing Director, le Passage to India.
Sharma added, “It would have an International flavour as well. Thailand has already confirmed its participation and we are expecting participation from countries like Germany, Malaysia, China, Russia, Australia, USA, Canada, South Africa, Jordan, Seychelles, Sri lanka, Singapore, Macau, Britain among others.” The event website www.ciitourismfest.com has also been launched.
“Envisioned to contribute to the overall GDP growth, thisn fest would aim to showcase India as a global tourist destination by creating synergies between various stakeholders, creating enabling policies and desired infrastructure and attracting investments in the tourism and hospitality sector,” said he.
Adding to this, AK Malhotra, General Manager, Tourism, CITCO said Chandigarh would be decorated as a bride to host the first ever tourism fest. Around 10 lakh tourists reside in the city every year.