Mr. Rajiv Mehra, President, Indian Association of Tour Operators announced that the 37th IATO Annual Convention, which was scheduled to be held in Bangalore from 15th to 18th September 2022 has been called off due to unavoidable circumstances arising from the withdrawal of support by the Karnataka Tourism in spite …
IATO expresses its sincere thanks and gratitude to the Finance Minister and GST Council for favorably considering two of its recommendations – The removal of, GST on services provided outside India to foreign tourists if they take a combined package of India and neighboring countries and secondly GST for the ferry …
As per directives from the Hon’ble Prime Minister, a two member delegation of Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) comprising of Mr. Rajiv Mehra -President and Mr. Ravi Gosain-Vice President met the Hon’ble Tourism Minister, Shri G. Kishan Reddy in his office in the presence of Mrs. Rupinder Brar, Additional …
Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) has written to PM Shri Narendra Modi , thanking him for extolling NRI’s residing in Denmark during his speech there to contribute and help promote Inbound tourism to India and thus contribute to the economic development of the country. However, it also urges the …
IATO expresses its sincere gratitude to the Government of India for restoring for withdrawing Tax Collection of Source (TCS) on the sale of overseas tour packages for foreign tourists who book tours through tour operators located in India. According to Mr. Rajiv Mehra, President, Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO), …
Rajiv Mehra, President of Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) thanked the Government for revising MoHFW guidelines and removing clause of 7 days quarantine for all nationals. Besides this relief, list of high risk countries has also been removed, which is good for us as there were some key source …
The government has revised the guidelines for international arrivals, removing the category of ‘at risk’ countries – introduced when the Omicron Covid variant emerged – and also recommending self-monitoring of 14 days for symptoms against the current seven days of home quarantine. The new guidelines will come into effect from …
The tourism sector has been reeling under the severe ambush of the ongoing pandemic and as such is in dire need of the government’s policy interventions for their survival and revival. Shri Ajay Bhatt, Hon’ble Minister of State for Tourism and Defence in tête-à-tête with Travel Turtle tells how the government …
Dr Manoj Matta, Director, Oriental Vacations and Journeys Since the pandemic hit the world, we, the tour operators, were the first ones to face the repercussions as clients started cancelling bookings. Our payments got stuck with foreign tour operators, hotels, railways, airlines, etc. It’s been almost two years and …
Rajiv Mehra, President, Indian Association of Tour Operators thanked Mr Puneet Chhatwal, MD & CEO and the entire team at The Indian Hotels Company Ltd. for rolling out the Taj Hotels Promo Code Special Rates for IATO Members, which were announced at the 36th IATO Annual Convention in Gandhinagar. …
