by Sachin Murdeshwar

New Delhi  : Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority(MTPA-India) in collaboration with Air Mauritius and other Stakeholders organised a multicity training workshops for the travel agents. Starting with Lucknow and New Delhi, more workshops will be held in more cities across the country.

 

These workshops are aimed at training the travel agents and to enable them to guide, help and provide valuable information to the potential tourists to improve the quality of their holiday to this idyllic island. These also provide an opportunity for travel agents to interact with various Mauritian hotels & DMCs.

 

Fifty travel agents attended the workshop in Lucknow on 20^th June 2018 and another 150 travel agents received training at New Delhi on 22^nd June 2018.

 

In both the cities, MTPA India the focus was on strengthening the knowledge base of the travel agents about the product in order to enhance the quality of the tourists’ vacation: information on hotels, activities/attractions and opportunities provided by Mauritius for MICE and weddings

 

Speaking on the occasion in New Delhi, Mr Sanjay Sondhi, CEO OM Tourism remarked that not only had the travel agents played a vital role in promoting tourism but also were a part of the initiative taken by MTPA to attract more tourists to Mauritius.

 

Mr Vivek Anand, Country Manager, MTPA India, said that more such workshops would be organised in metros, and tier II and III cities for travel agents so they can facilitate and enhance the experience of the Indian tourists planning to visit the island. Anand added, MTPA India will always support the travel agents in their endeavours to facilitate tourists to boost tourism in Mauritius”.