Adventure Tour Operators in India (ADTOI) recently launched their sixth chapter in Chattisgarh and appointed Ritesh Mundra as the chairman and Jaspreet Singh Bhatia as the general secretary of the Chhattisgarh Chapter. Speaking to Express TravelWorld Jyoti Kapur, president, ADTOI, informed, “ADTOI has spread its wings further and we are happy to launch the new chapter in Chattisgarh. Raipur has been a great metropolis and we believe that the state has tremendous potential. We have also requested the team to host a road show in Delhi by next month to showcase the state as a domestic destination.”
Anurag Agarwal, general secretary, ADTOI, further added, “We saw keen interest from the Chattisgarh tourism board and state’s tour operators. The inauguration was held at the Hyatt in Raipur after the conclusion of a FAM trip which included around 30 ADTOI members.”
Sanjay Agarwal, vice president, ADTOI, explained, “The state has really good infrastructure and well connected roads. Our agents got to know more about the state which changed their perception to see the true potential of the state. It was a great networking opportunity for all our members to see Chattisgarh as an upcoming inbound destination.”
Other members include Kapil Jain, Kewal Shanti Travels; Mahesh Bansal, Star India Travels; Pankaj Sood, Satguru Holidays; Ajeet Dodai, Travel Hawk; Sunil Vishwakarma, Indian Holidays; Parminder Sahni, Travelwithsmile.com; Rohit Dwivedi, Holiday Junction; Hardeep hora, Travel Planners; and Ricky Malhotra, Travel Boutique.
Mundra informed, “Santosh Bafna, chairman, Kedar Nath Gupta, vice chairman and Dr Sanjay Singh were present from the Chattisgarh tourism board. The event was a huge success in the presence of large number of local travel agents. ADTOI members from other states like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Jaipur etc were also present at the event. We look forward to promote our state to the members in the association and reach out to more people.”
Also commenting on the ADTOI elections Kapur informed, “We have started the process and the elections for the term 2016-2018 will be held by next month. However the final dates have not been decided.”
