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India Outbound, a brand of Media India Group, is India’s only B2B travel media platform, that encompasses a print magazine, a website, an online TV channel and dynamic social media platforms, entirely dedicated to the promotion of foreign destinations and products in India. India Outbound is a niche platform not just for tourism destinations and products to promote themselves to the Indian travel industry, but also for decision makers to build/change their strategy in a context where the Indian outbound market is not only growing but changing with new dynamics. India Outbound brings to you the latest trends of the market with in depth analysis.

International travellers to Abu Dhabi to wear tracking wristbands

International travellers to Abu Dhabi have to wear a quarantine electronic wristband under new government guidelines. The wristband has to be worn until visitors complete a mandatory 14-day self-isolation as part of plans to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the emirate, says a tweet by the Abu Dhabi Media Office.

The free medically approved tag is being given to passengers arriving at all Abu Dhabi entry points under new regulations set out by the Abu Dhabi Crisis, Emergency and Disasters Committee to curb the spread of coronavirus. Once the traveller receives a negative PCR nasal swab test on the 12th day of the quarantine, the tag will be removed at a medical facility on day 14 of the quarantine period.

Destination wedding webinar for India market by Korea Tourism

Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO) organised its first-ever webinar in India for the destination wedding industry with Jeju Island as the focus destination The virtual event was attended by 75 wedding planners, wedding industry suppliers and honeymoon holiday planners.

Destination weddings have been a very big industry in India for many years, but the segment crashed due to Covid-19 pandemic. For South Korea, this was its first step into this multi-billion-dollar industry in India to figure out how the market responds to South Korea as a wedding destination.

To bring Indian destination weddings to South Korea, KTO is focussing on small boutique and themed weddings along with pre & post-wedding photoshoots at unique locations. A luxury honeymoon in Korea is also a prime target for KTO. The focus of the webinar was mainly on Jeju Island which is also known as the “Hawaii of Korea” and is famous for weddings and honeymoon. The webinar highlighted Korea’s capabilities in managing the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Indian food availability and unique venues where Indian weddings can be organised.

“I am very pleased that we were able to successfully organise a webinar for destination wedding in Korea and was pleasantly surprised with the positive response from the market. Now that we have got the ball rolling, we will be taking more steps in developing this market once actual travel begins," says Young-Geul Choi, director, KTO New Delhi office.

Mauritius Tourism conducts virtual India road show

Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA) organised a virtual roadshow on September 24 to interact with the Indian travel trade fraternity and reconnect its 47 key Mauritian partners with the Indian counterparts.

“This year, given the conditions, we have a virtual event. This gives an opportunity to the Indian agents to meet about 47 companies from Mauritius. They can connect with the tourism board, airline, hotels, DMCs and activity companies. We hope that the Indian agents got a better, and in-depth, understanding of the products and services offered by the Mauritian companies. This will eventually help them to sell better and increase the number of tourists arriving in Mauritius,’’ says Arvind Bundhun, director, MTPA.

Virtual PATA Travel Mart 2020 receives over 1,000 delegates

Virtual PATA Travel Mart 2020 (Virtual PTM 2020), officially opened on September 23 and will run until September 27. Two days each are kept for business appointments and for trade visitors. Virtual PTM 2020 organisers say that over 1,000 delegates from 60 global destinations have checked in. The delegate numbers include 208 sellers from 199 organisations and 40 destinations, along with 152 buyers from 147 organisations and 39 source markets.

“Asia Pacific will be the leading force of tourism’s global recovery from Covid-19, as both an inbound destination as well as a robust source market. As some destinations have slowly restarted tourism through either domestic or regional travel, eventually international markets will follow,” said PATA CEO Mario Hardy.

SATTE GenX virtual exhibition is rescheduled for October 5 - 6

SATTE's GenX travel and tourism exhibition organised by Informa Markets India which was all set to make its virtual debut on September 23, 2020, has announced its postponement. The event will now be organised with two days of engagement on October 5 and 6. “While the Unlock 4.0 has eased the inter-state or inter-district movement of people, we still anticipate that the tourist volumes are likely to take a long time to bounce back even within the country. SATTE GenX, an initiative for the industry will be a cutting-edge web-based platform that will ensure a parade of International as well as domestic destinations that have reopened, is likely to reopen in the coming weeks or showcase how they might return to the tourism map over the upcoming months,” said Yogesh Mudras, managing director, Informa Markets in India.


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