IIPT session In W T M :Building Bridges of Collaboration for Sustainable Tourism Development in South Asia

 

 

Almasalla Travel News – The IIPT South Asia panel at World travel Market will feature both public and private sector tourism industry leaders sharing their views on promoting regional collaboration towards sustainable tourism, friendship and peace. The panel will take place at World Travel Market in wednesdy , 6 November 

 

 

 

  Speakers  in  session will be: Mr. Thuji D. Nadik, Acting Director General, Tourism Council of Bhutan; Mr. Ghulam Ahmed Mir, Honorable Minister of Tourism, Jammu & Kashmir, India; Mr. Sushil Ghimire, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation, Nepal; Mr. Yousaf Jamil Hussain Rizvi, Skal Pakistan, and Chairman, Scandia Limited; and Carl Vaz, Skal India, and Chairman & CEO of Charson Advisory Services Pvt Ltd. Geoffrey Lipman, President, International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) will moderate the panel.

 

The World Travel and Tourism Council projects that South Asia will have the strongest growth in Travel & Tourism’s direct contribution to GDP in the coming years with a growth rate of 6.7%. Their ten year outlook is that South Asia will outperform all other world sub-regions with a 7.2% growth rate driven by increasing wealth in the middle classes.

 

The South Asia tourism leaders will share their ideas regarding collaborative strategies that will ensure this projected growth will maximize tourism’s social and economic benefits to local communities; protect and enhance the environment; and nurture the potential for tourism, culture, and sport in promoting a “Culture of Peace” and friendship throughout the region.

 

A particular focus will be on promoting cross border travel between India and Pakistan that contributes to a ‘culture of peace.’