India, other SAARC nations,ASEAN countries, Japan and South Korea are poised to recover its tourism sector, faster than other parts of the world and are likely to emerge as top preferred tourism destinations globally, post covid 19 , thanks to the low incidence of covid in this region and for remaining relatively ‘health-safe’ so far.
This is, therefore, the right time for Governments and Industry stakeholders of these nations , to gear up and to seize the opportunity of making this region of the world as ‘LeadingTourism Hub’ of the next decade.
It was a pleasure to be a keynote speaker in the Webinar, hosted by ABTO, a Buddhist Tourism promotion association, on the auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima, with participants from India, Thailand, Indonesia, Nepal and Japan.
The Webinar attempted to address key issues and questions namely, assessment of current situation of travel and tourism industry; time horizon of its recovery ; how have Govts of various countries helped this industry so far ; what kind of further hand holding is required from Govts at this stage and how do we promote cross border tourism, post covid.
My thoughts on the aforesaid questions addressed to me ,during the webinar , are in the attached video film.
India, other SAARC nations,ASEAN countries, Japan and South Korea are poised to recover its tourism sector, faster than other parts of the world and are likely to emerge as top preferred tourism destinations globally, post covid 19 , thanks to the low incidence of covid in this region and for remaining relatively 'health-safe' so far.This is, therefore, the right time for Governments and Industry stakeholders of these nations , to gear up and to seize the opportunity of making this region of the world as 'LeadingTourism Hub' of the next decade.It was a pleasure to be a keynote speaker in the Webinar, hosted by ABTO, a Buddhist Tourism promotion association, on the auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima, with participants from India, Thailand, Indonesia, Nepal and Japan.The Webinar attempted to address key issues and questions namely, assessment of current situation of travel and tourism industry; time horizon of its recovery ; how have Govts of various countries helped this industry so far ; what kind of further hand holding is required from Govts at this stage and how do we promote cross border tourism, post covid.My thoughts on the aforesaid questions addressed to me ,during the webinar , are in the attached video film .
Posted by Vinod Zutshi Ias Retd on Monday, 11 May 2020
