On the behest of Adventure Tour Operators Association of India (ATOAI), ministry of tourism has announced 2018 as ‘The Year of Adventure Tourism’. The association will spearhead various activities across the country to promote adventure travel to celebrate the year of adventure tourism. “The goal is to double the adventure travel in the country in the next two years,” said Capt Swadesh Kumar, president, ATOAI.
For past few years the focus of ATOAI has been creating widespread awareness about adventure tourism being one of the important facets of tourism in the country and the need to promote India as one of the most popular adventure tourism destinations in the world. India as an adventure tourism destination has grown in popularity both in the domestic and international market. The celebration of 2018 as ‘Year of Adventure Tourism’ is expected to help in achieving the goals which ATOAI has set.
ATOAI is aiming to have a series of events, roadshows in India and overseas, familiarisation trips for international adventure tour operators to mark the celebrations. ATOAI has already given a wishlist to MoT for holding the below events:
- India Adventure Summit in April 2018
- ATTA – AdventureNext in Panchmarhi, Madhya Pradesh in December, 2018
- ATOAI is also planning to bid for PATA Adventure Travel Mart and Conference in India for February 2019 in Assam.