Tourism department along with a number of travel trade bodies from the state held a ‘Tourism Conclave’ at Ahmedabad.
According to a spokesperson of the tourism department,commissioner secretary tourism RigzianSampheal along with the service providersof the tourism trade in J&K interacted with tour operators of Gujarat andapprised them about the state’s tourism products.
Secretary tourism while addressing the media said that theTourism Conclaves are being held within and outside the country includingMumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad apart from Malaysia and Thailand.
Secretary tourism said the entire state infrastructureincluding the hotels, travel and tourism professionals and people of J&Kare ready to welcome tourists so that they relish the state’s diversesplendour.
He said the service providers in J&K go out of their wayto ensure that the tourists are comfortable and leave back with happy memories.
Secretary tourism further said J&K and Gujarat havetraditionally been connected with each other as far as the tourism industry isconcerned. “J&K has the privilege of receiving the highest number oftravellers from the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra,” he said.
He said it was in the light of the love shown by the peopleof country especially Gujarat that the tourism department along with the traveland hospitality sector of the state conducted road shows and attended TravelMarts at Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Pune Hyderabad and Nagpur to strengthen this bondfurther.
“Today, we have assembled here again to rejuvenate ourbond.”
Later an interaction was also held in which around 100travel agents/tour operator/destination management companies/tourism promotersfrom Ahmedabad and adjoining areas like Vadodara and Surat participated. Theyexpressed their support to J&K tourism saying Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh arethe prime destinations in their travel packages.