Theme:  Indian Tourism-New Opportunities and Challenges Ahead.

President: Subhash Goyal, Stic Travel Pvt. Ltd.

Convention Chairman:  Pronab Sarkar, Swagatam Tours Pvt. Ltd.

Co-Chairman: Rajesh Mudgill, Planet India Travels Pvt. Ltd.

A brief detail:

• Pratibha Patil, Governor of Rajasthan inaugurated the Convention.
• Keynote Address:  Yashodhara Raje Sincida, Tourism Minister of Madhya Pradesh
• Usha Punia, Tourism Minister of Rajasthan also attended and addressed the gathering
• Hall of Fame award: Jagmohan, Union Minister for Tourism & Culture.

Business Sessions:

• Infrastructure opportunities and challenges.
• Branding and Marketing a Destination.
• Emerging Tourism Opportunities: Rural, Health, heritage, adventure and sports.
• Poor facilitation and over taxation deterrent to booming tourism
• Prevention by States.