Experts Claim, Culinary Tourism to Be Promoted

As the ‘Incredible India’ promotion features chief tourist destinations of India, very less effort were made to endorse the Indian food across the world. Taking into account about the situation, Culinary Tourism which provides an opportunity to experience variety of food specialities of the country opens up as a great potential at present, as said by the ace chef Manish Mehrotra.

He was addressing at the 48th yearly convention of the Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) on the topic of ‘Culinary Innovations: Recipe for Success’ here on Friday.

Focusing on the example of how pizza had become renowned across the world, he said that its popularity was purely due to the simplicity of the food. Manish said, “The problem with Indian food is that we intentionally try to make it more complex. Actually the real beauty lies with the simplicity and how we present the food to the customers.

Tourists please refer…http://blog.honeymoonpackages.org.in/ from various corners of the world come to India only visit places. We can move a step forward by attracting them to taste different dishes of the country.”

Speaking on the event, Sumesh of Paragon Group of hotels said that the chief purpose of the food is not only to fulfil the need of the stomach but also to influence the mind.

Nirav Gandhi, an expert in the field, also said that the durability of hotels and restaurants depended on exploration in various fields.

With his experience, Gandhi said, “E-menu and menu accessible in the tablets are the latest form of innovations in the current field. The customers are interested to go through the E-menu. By merging with the food portals the hotels can be able to attract more customers by offering discounts.”

Business Sessions Six business sessions were held during the concluding day of the convention. Speaking on the topic of ‘Future Technologies in Hospitality Industry’, Devdas Krishnan of Mobility Data Products stressed on including technology to assist the employees for adjustable working hours.

As the segment of the two day convention a demonstration of products and services in the hospitality sector was also held.

The exhibition had around 50 stalls involving, hotel clothes, sanitary, kitchen equipment, room management systems, and electronic equipment and pest control products.

The Title of Journey of Delight for Tourism Malaysia’s Ad

It is a moment to cherish as Tourism Malaysia’s advertisement is feeling like a star after being selected by the juries of the Advisory Panel for ‘Thomas Edison Advertisement (TEA) Award’ as the ‘Best International Tourism AD” and has been given the title of ‘Journey of Delight’. As for the record, the award was presented by Sudarshan Nachiappana, Minister of State for Industry and Commerce, Government of India, at a congregation of dignitaries and celebrities last week in Chennai.

While commenting on the award, Sarala V Pathar, Deputy Director of Tourism Malaysia, South India, said, “Tourism Malaysia...plz refer http://blog.malaysiatourpackages.org/ has ever shown a preference towards endorsements and support in India. We have given our best in the creative and technical efforts behind this promotion and it makes us feel great in the fact that people have received and liked our advertisement. It’s a great honour to be recognised by the title of the best international tourism advertisement; it’s an esteemed occasion for our entire team including us.”

This winning advertisement projects a young couple celebrating their love among the peaceful and luxurious spots in Malaysia. The advertisement depicts the couple’s mischievousness as they visit a collection of striking locations. This same young couple visits Malaysia for many years hereafter, but their bond with the country remains as good as new. Selv Kumar, CEO of Edison Awards, said, “The prestigious title of Journey of Delight is completely justified as the Malaysia Tourism Ad brings in human emotions to showcase the exotic locations of the country. The ad emotionally connects with the audiences leaving them with a feeling of delight and eagerness to visit the country and carry memories with the throughout their lifetime.”

The Thomas Edison Advertisement Awards is held in the remembrance of Thomas J Barrat, the father of modern day advertisement and Edison, a personality responsible for the wide range of entertainment. Barratt is often addressed as the father of modern advertisement and his pioneering contributions are till date looked upon with a high regard. TEA Awards includes awards based on 50 different categories of several brands and services. This is the first time that the advertisements in electronic media are being honoured for their contribution in ad-word with their flair in various departments. This TEA award ceremony is classified into 33 different categories and Jury awards.

Hospitality and Tourism Sectors Complain Lack of Endorsement for Dasara

Mysore: While the state government and the district administrations have prepared themselves to turn out the festival of Dasara in a splendid manner. On the other hand the travel and hotel industry are claiming that they have been left in stagger as they are receiving mixed responses from the domestic and international tourists for the Nada Habba. It may be occurring because of the poor endorsement of Dasara at the national and international stage.

The previous year, the 10 day festival- Dasara, had experienced a poor response from the tourists because of the Cauvery agitation and drought in the state. As such, the festival could not attract domestic and international tourists in large numbers. This coming year, the tourism sector please refer…http://blog.globalvisiontours.com/, which was anticipating a bigger turn out in the number of tourists, is feeling let down.

The events during this festival and their endorsement are restricted in the Mysore reason only. The other major problem is the media publication about the event and its endorsements being limited to the local region, when the brand of Mysore Dasara is renowned across the world. The president of Mysore Hotel Owner’s Association, said, “The tourism department of the government must take things in their hand and to hold road-shows and related endorsements in the adjoining states and abroad.”

He also exposed that even when the event is just two weeks away there is no advance booking in the place for the festival session of Dasara. He lamented, “Whenever Cauvery issue is brought up in the floor, the focus is put on the hospitality industry. But this time around it is not the main issue, copious rain has erased the problem, thus there are no drawbacks. Yet, we are not getting a healthy response from the tourists.”

As the latest edition of Dasara is around the corner, the district administration has not finalized gold cards. “Infact, every day, we keep receiving fresh enquires about the domestic and overseas tourists about the gold cards,” said B S Prashanth, President of Mysore Travel Agents’ Association (MTAA).

He also exposed that overseas and domestic tourists plan their programme well before hand. On this matter, he asked, “Sadly, preparation for Dasara begins just a month before this festive season. In such cases how can we attract tourists, in such a short in period of time?”

Also that, other issues that is proving to be a hindrance in the travel industry is high inter-state road tax. He comments, “Even as the government has promised to relax inter-state vehicles with tax sops for the coming two weeks, it will not improve the situation.”

Sikkim Face the Heat of Darjeeling Strike - Faces Heavy Loss in Tourism Business

SILIGURI: The ongoing strike and the political turmoil have highly impacted the festival season tourism business of the adjoining state Sikkim. Though the movement and the strikes are now slowly declining, but the damage has already taken place and is not likely to reverse for the Himalayan state, which is the backbone of economy.

“The situation deserve serious outlook as our state has faced very high number of booking cancellations due to the ongoing strikes in our neighbor hill town, Darjeeling,”said PD Rai, the only Loksabha MP from Sikkim. According to T Roy, Secretary Eastern Himalayan Tour and Travel Operators Association, Darjeeling has faced heavy tourism crisis and over 80% cancellations were made due to the political turmoil in the first week of August, peak booking period for festival season. Nearly 70% of the travelers, arriving in the region, prefer Sikkim and Darjeeling...plz refer

http://www.darjeelingtourpackage.com/ during festival season. So, any cancellation for any side causes heavy loss to both the sides,” said veteran tour operator and tourism advisor to Government of Sikkim R Basu.

“UK and USA also issued refreshed travel alert advising all its citizens to avoid travelling to Darjeeling region, due to the indefinite strike and the political turmoil. The notification has impacted the region including Sikkim, “said S Sanyal Director of a major tour operating house.

As the tourism estimations goes, Sikkim contributes around 40% of annual business of around 400 crore of this region. Sikkim is gifted with amazing land features as 82% of its 7000 sq kms geographic area are under forest cover, 3% under Glaciers and 14% under round the year snow covered, the state Sikkim is a major tourism hub and a hotspot with hilly terrain ranging from 900 ft to 28,000 ft above sea level.

“Sikkim is highly dependent on tourism revenue and it makes us keen on utilizing the potential without degrading the environment, rich bio-diversity and the sensitive ecology,”said Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling. His ministry has always prepared initiative for tourism mission with a target to lure around 10 lakh domestic tourist and 40 thousands foreign tourist per annual by 2015, comparing to the figure of 7 lakh and 20 thousand respectively.

The state had a difficult time in the year 2011 as the devastating earthquake jolt Sikkim that killed nearly 125 people. Since then the state has come back in an excellent way and there is high volume of tourism flow in 2012. This year also the beginning of the tourism season was good, but the scenario overcast due to the ongoing strike of Darjeeling,”said Basu.

Ropeway Project Cancelled in Himachal Pradesh

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh cabinet came out with the conclusion to cancel the construction of the Palchan-Rohtang Ropeway project in Kullu district. The 9 kms ropeway was planned to transport around 9,000 visitors between the two destination daily to decongest the Manali please refer http://travelguide.manalitourpackage.com/ -Leh Road, during the peak season between May and June, which receives heavy footfall of tourists.

The project was debatable and was opposed by previous Bhatatiya Janta party government in 2009, which was to connecte Palchan village with the 13050 feet high Rohtang pass. This year only the congress government has asked successful bidders to deposit Project development Success fee as per the provision of the Request for Proposal (RFP) document for construction for Bhuntar – Bijli Mahadev and Palchan Rohtang ropeways.

Now according to the sources, the cabinet has decided to cancel the ropeway project following the request of the taxi operators, who feared to lose business proposed to the ropeway till Rohtang Pass. “During the meeting, not only the taxi issue was there, but also the livelihood of the taxi operators and other stakeholders would also be affected by the ropeway project was discussed. In order to safeguard the interest of the 1000’s of locals involved in the tourism activities in areas the project has to be stopped,” sources said.

People of Kullu district, especially of the Manali area were against the construction of a ropeway to Rohtang Pass, as it would hamper the daily livelihood of the people, who are involved in the tourism activities. Not only the taxi operators were against this project, but Mahila Mandals and Yuvak Mandals of Manali tehsil too were against the project. After holding demonstrations in July this year, representatives from various organizations held meeting and later submitted report and memorandum to the chief minister to shift the project to other nearby sites of tourism importance.

The project was passed to take care of the tourism management in the area and the ecology depletion taking place due to the environment pollution at Rohtang pass due to heavy influx of vehicles. National Environment Engineering Regional Institute

in a report submitted to Himachal Pradesh High Count has recommended building of ropeway with suitable stops for better management of tourism in the area. REFERENCE

India and Japan Approved to fortify their support in Tourism Sector

In order to strengthen collaboration in tourism, India and Japan agreed to sign a bilateral agreement. Visiting Japanese Senior vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Hiroshi Kajiyama along with the Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi were present here in a conference to put this pronouncement into result.

To draw Japanese tourists and businessman in large numbers, several procedures that were taken to develop golf and MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Conference and Exhibition) tourism in India were informed by the Minister to his Japanese counterpart. Senior Tourism Please Check…http://tourist-places.indiaholiday.org/ Ministry official said, “To endorse mutual tourism relations both sides approved to move further on signing an agreement”.

Chiranjeevi also invited Japan to empower in the low budget hotel division where India has eased up the FDI route. Budget hotels hold a good potential as they draw tourists coming to India from across the globe, Minister informed to his counterpart. The suggestion for this venture could be a part of the agreement between the two countries, Kajiyama said. I would like to direct an assignment of businessman from Japan in the upcoming gathering in and expect to finish the agreement, he added.

Two Japanese airlines are operating daily flights between Japan and India which is a sign of huge tourists’ traffic between both countries, he informed. The Tourism of Japan is organizing a two day India-Japan Tourism Expo here from the 13th to 17th of January in 2014. It has already set an aim of magnetizing more than 10 million of visitors from across the globe to different parts of Japan.

BMI’s India Tourism looks at Immense Possibility for Development

With a mushrooming domestic economy complementing boosts in inbound travel throughout the prediction period, BMI's India tourism report looks at the huge possibility for development presented by the tourism market.

We anticipate seeing a significant development across an array of market indicators like arrivals, departures, tourism receipts and number of hotels relying on India’s increasingly more wealthy middle class and its array of cultural and natural tourist magnetisms which make it famed tourist attractions for both investors and travelers.

In 2010, during the Common Wealth Games development was made regarding the various infrastructure including transportation and accommodation which is very important. The government is also centering on improving country’s rail and air networks.

From the financial and managerial problems in 2011 and 2012 caused by huge fluctuations in oil prices, the domestic air travel industry appears to be improving. With extension of domestic market along with the addition in the coverage of domestic airlines, BMI supposed to see an overall enlargement in air travel which is moving onward.

India… please refer… http://tourist-places.indiaholiday.org/ is also boarding on a determined programme of addition and increment to the country's rail network along with the country’s growth in air facilities. The potentiality of the rail network in the country is hindered by overcrowding and lack of sufficient amenities, in spite of India being one of the world’s largest in rail network.

If India is to keep its swiftness with the increasing demand, than the nonstop support of the government and investment meaning considerable developments.

Regional tensions are a jeopardy to India’s tourism market, while it itself profit from a usually steady democracy with an outstanding natural resources, huge resource pool and muscular global market links.

Inbound travel can also be greatly affected by safety concerns which remain awake including Mumbai hotel attacks in 2008 and a wave of high profile aggressive attacks on women in the past years including foreigners.

Hence, it is very crucial of the government to take some harsh actions against this type of violence which can heavily impact on every aspect of tourism and other related things. REFERENCE