Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI), which will hold its annual convention from August 6-9, 2009 has zeroed in on Chiang Mai in Thailand and Manila in Philippines as possible venues for the convention. The convention committee will take the final decision on the convention destination by first week of April 2009. The Association is currently evaluating a few logistics that need to be work out before the destination is finalised.
Speaking with TravelBiz Monitor, Pradip Lulla, President, TAFI informed, “We are currently working on the logistics like connectivity to the destination, the pricing and also the support from tourism boards. These will be the deciding factors in finalising the venue to hold the convention.” TAFI conducted a reiki tour to Thailand from February 4 -9, 2009 and Philippines from March 5- 10, 2009. The Association was also considering other destinations like Turkey, Macau and Dubai to hold the convention. “There were certain issues for other destinations like the time constraints to evaluate the feasibility of the destination and also the cost factor, we decided to evaluate Thailand and Philippines for the convention,” added Lulla. |