The third edition of Great Indian Travel Bazaar (GITB) which was held from April 11-13, 2010 at BM Birla Convention Centre, Jaipur, Rajasthan was focused on inbound tourism. The event was organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Ministry of Tourism, Government of India and the Department of Tourism, Government of Rajasthan. For the first time, a concept of theme state was introduced, wherein Uttarakhand was selected as the theme state for the event. GITB 2010 had 209 foreign buyers from 45 countries and 178 Indian sellers, as well as witnessed 5,370 pre-fixed B2B meetings.
GITB 2010 was inaugurated by Kumari Selja, Union Minister for Tourism. The event was also attended by Sujit Banerjee, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism (MoT); Nawang Rigzin Jora, Minister for Tourism and Culture, Jammu and Kashmir, along with other dignitaries namely, Jyotsna Suri, Chairperson, FICCI Tourism Committee and Chairperson and Managing Director, The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group; Dr D D Lapang, Chief Minister, Meghalaya, as well as distinguished travel trade fraternity from India and abroad. |