The World travel and Tourism
council are of view that South Asia will laid all there sub regions to their
toe if the growth rate continuous
go with a flow of 6.7 percent but even such a healthy rate looks to sway the joint endeavour in many parts of the world.
go with a flow of 6.7 percent but even such a healthy rate looks to sway the joint endeavour in many parts of the world.
On the other side of World travel
market at London where healthy attempt was made by a South Asia panel of
International Institute of Peace through Tourism where leaders of both public
and private sector tourism industry were given an opportunity to perform their
interest as per their regards.
As IPT which is a non profit
organisation based after it’s founding in 1986 has look forward and has call
all the leaders from various sectors like travel tourism and culture and
environment development. After its initiation a global summit continuous holds
the meetings, session and round table conference which has provided a base of
first the First Global Summit on Peace through Tourism held in Amman, Jordan,
November 2000 and since then it has continued it task of holding seminar and
meetings in various part of the world to promote its aim if developing peace
through tourism.
Michael Stolowitzky, President of
American Tourism Society, who moderated a special session at this year’s WTM,
witnessed a mass numbers of public and dignitaries who were eager to hear the
words of encouragement.
The panel included Thuji D Nadik,
Acting Director General, Tourism Council of Bhutan; Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Minister
of Tourism, Government of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), India; Sushil Ghimire,
Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation, Nepal, who along
with Zia Haider Rizvi, Skal Pakistan, and Chairman, Scandia Limited and our own
Carl Vaz, Skal India, and Chairman & CEO of Charson Advisory Services Pvt
Ltd., who spoke on the issue.
Beside that there were other
dignitaries like Louis J D’Amore, who is a founder of an organisation whose aim
is to develop tourism as a peace industry.
As the WTM seminar is of strict
followers of time and a late arrival J&K Minister has really led the code
of conduct begging a doors of wisdom.
Mir in his turn emphasized on the
impeccable links between societies and talked about sustainable tourism in
Kashmir.
With the statistics and numbers
shown in a videos input which reflected a glory of Ladakh Himalayas pulled a
chair of Minister and asked them to learn a lesson from a tourism Industry. He
further added by giving emphasis to Silk route project and called for a need of
Experts he accessed by showing a government desire to collaborate with UNWTOs
and addressed a sustainable tourism.
As the minister was rewarded with
an award of Ambassador of Peace for South Asia as well by the organisation
while Ghimire in his turn spoke about benefits of tourism and also made it
clear that Nepal government are looking to fill a benefit for all.
He further added by pointing a
source of water that runs deep into a Himalayas of Nepal and stressed on
environmental responsibility and also stated a measures of government taken and
undergoing to save the sea level.
Thuji D Nadik from Bhutan
emphasised on collaboration and confessed regarding sustainability issues and
bridging collaboration he further added by commenting on a real absence of
joint strategy for marketing tourism among the SAARC nations.
Nadik further appealed a
government to create a solution related with Visas and asked private sector
leaders to derive plans rather than waiting for government. He called for more
private sector participation however Stolowitsky cautioned that unfortunately
the fact was the private sector wasn’t too committed to the principles of
sustainability.
Rizvi in his turn complaint about
dismal interaction between people in these parts he suggested group tourism as
a manual effort and ask for an interaction between people and commercial
sector.
Mok Singh, Immediate Past
President, Skal International joined in for a brief statement about the theme
and reiterated his commitment and belief to the cause.
The moment was addressed and
entertained by , award winning singer-song writer, Alston Koch walked up near
the podium and sang along with the recorded version of the song’ and video.
Vaz in his side preached about
immediate and regular meetings between India and Pakistan business delegations,
especially in the tourism sector. He sum up by giving impetus to realistic
approach rather than sentimental sides.
