Mumbai: The German National Tourist Office had concluded its 3 city roadshow in the cities of New Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai witnessing great enthusiasm from the travel trade in all 3 cities. There were over 10 German partners present at year end roadshow and were thrilled to see response from the Indian travel trade industry. At the same time, It has helped our German partners to understand Indian market better. Hence further aiding in developing the image of Germany as a great tourist destination, thereby making it more suitable to indian travellers.

The trade partners from India walked away with more information on destination Germany especially with regards to the partners present.

Mr. Romit Theophilus, Director Sales & Marketing, said “we are grateful to our partners for providing constant support throughout the year. This year we have few new partners on board and we look forward to have a long association with them in future as well. We plan to have one GNTO roadshow every year. With regards to the current economic scenario, although there has been economic uncertainty which has been prevailing and devaluation of the rupee, which has affected Indian outbound. Germany has still been receiving a fair amount of travelers. We have witnessed 402,440 overnights from January-August, 2013”.

The road shows which were scheduled this year in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore facilitated interactions on latest updates, highlights and attractions for the Indian travelers between  and the Travel trade.

The partners who had participated in the roadshow were representatives from:

Frankfurt Tourism & Congress, Deutsche Bahn, Stuttgart, Visit Berlin, Alpha Travel Consultants, Maritim Hotels, Steigenberger, Emirates, K D Rhine Line, Berlin TV Tower, Saxony, DZT India.

Source : Lokesh Shastri