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Martin Schmidttsdorff, sales manager, Atlantic Link, working together with Natalia Ciocotisan, sales manager Blue Air that connects Copenhagen with Bucharest and Turin. India promoting To Bucharest and Turin The Romania airline Blue Air has now made it possible not only to visit the homeport of Bucharest, but also the city of Turin in Northern Italy. Turin is a special gastronomy place in Northern Italy. Sited at the meeting point of both the Dura River and the Po River, Turin is famed for its rich Baroque character and many spacious boulevards. Turin is also home to more than its fair share of historic arcades, grand architecture and street cafes, and is known throughout the world for being the home of the world-famous Turin Shroud. The city also boasts a thriving tourism industry and wealthy business centre, with numerous different industries based in the area, having grown to become the regional capital of the Piedmont province. On the far northern and western areas of Turin, the snow-covered mountains of the Alps offer an impressive distant backdrop, while the city centre is dominated by the late 19th-century Mole Antonelliana on the Via Montebello, an iconic symbol of the city and actually Europe's highest brick building. And not to forget home of the HQ of Fiat. Natalia Ciocotisan international sales manager of the airline: “We have more than 100 routes in Europe with operations beyond Bucharest, Turin of course, Cyprus and Liverpool. Pour fleet consists of 29 aircrafts. GSA for Sweden and Denmark is Talaviation.” India is now promoting itself in asll of the Nordic and Baltic area with the two new routes to Delho from both Copenhagen and Stockholm. India Tourism had a larger delegation at The Pata Long-Haul workshop. From left John H. Ruolngul, consellor at the embassy of India in Copenhagen, Shruti Nada Poddar sales manager Vedaaranaya Experiences, B.B. Mukherjee, director from the headoffice of India Tourism in Paris, the Indian ambassador to Denmark Ajit Gupte and Air India manager for Denmark Dyvia Gauba India is now promoting itself in asll of the Nordic and Baltic area with the two new routes to Delho from both Copenhagen and Stockholm. B.B. Mukherjee, director India Tourism in Paris overseeing Scandinavia: “With the two new routes it is a big chance for us to promote India for all of the Nordic and Baltic region. Direct flights means a lot for us. We are also preparing fam-trips for both agents, tour operators and media to see India, but it is a big country, so you won`t finished quickly. The biggest travel show, where India introcuces itself to the rest of the world is SATTE.” SATTE in New Delhi is a three day event being held from 31st January to 2nd February 2018 at the Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, India. SATTE is the most prestigious travel and tourism exhibition in India. Over the last two decades, it has successfully showcased India’s tourism potential to the world by bringing the global tourism market to India. The role of SATTE has always been to provide an effective marketing and advertisement tool portraying India as a global tourist destination through promotional campaigns that project India as a whole. The 25th edition of SATTE is scheduled from 31st Jan to 2nd Feb 2018. At the PATA Event in Copenhagen with more than 400 agents and tour operations The Land of Ramgarh Shekhawati also presented itself as a part of India. Ramgarh famous as "Ramgarh Sethan" a town surrounded by sand dunes, was once amongst the richer towns in India. It was a centre of learning and was also known as Doosra Kashi (Second Varanasi). It is now a treasure trove of painted temples, havelis, and cenotaphs. Ramgarh Shekhawati falls in Sikar district of Rajasthan an important tehsil in northeast part of Rajasthan. The town is located on National Highway 65 running from Pali – Ambala. The town is easily accessible from state capital Jaipur. An English traveller of the 1830s has beautifully written that Ramgarh "…is singularly striking and seems to give reality to a vision drawn from eastern romance. The buildings are all constructed from kunkur [gravel] grey hardpan, …numerous handsome houses of the seths [businessmen] some of which are on a magnificent scale, ornamented and painted in various devices outwardly; the neat high wall and gateways and the cupolard chattries [cenotaphs] in the suburb in contrast with the desert around, altogether exhibit a scene deserving to be allied with enchantment." But that was more than a century and a half back. Now the town clearly shows signs of aging. However, that doesn’t make Ramgarh less interesting; old is beautiful. And in any case, Ramgarh boasts of more paintings than any other town in Shekhawati. Ramgarh is one of the best places in Shekhawati to buy antiques and replicas, especially ornate Rajasthani woodwork. 14 >> Travel Trade OUTBOUND - Scandinavia
Malaysia to Mat ka Johanif now director of Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board, (left) is a wellknown face in Scandinavia from running the regional office in Stockholm. Here her meets with old friends in London Pter R. Nielsen, production director at Stjernegaard Rejser, and Nasha Abdullah, Malaiadventure. To attract Scandinavian and northern European travellers, the state tourism boards of Sabah and Sarawak, together with the Langkawi Tourism and supported by inbound agents, will jointly promote packages at the upcoming Matka Nordic Travel Fair in Helsinki in 2018 from 15-18 January. Says Johanif Modh Ali, director of Malasia Tourism Promotion Board now, but also former director of Malaysia Tourism in Stockholm, responsible for the Nordic and Baltic region together with agents and tour operators at World Travel Market in London. Sabah, Sarawak and Langkawi offer cultural and nature-based attractions that appeal to these markets. Langkawi is highlighting its beaches and islands, Sabah its dive sites and Kinabalu Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, while Sarawak highlights the Mulu National Park, also a UNESCO World Heritage site. The appeal of the multi-destination packages is further enhanced by AirAsia’s introduction of services between Kuching and Langkawi in August as well as existing domestic flights between Sabah and Sarawak. New MICE campaign Sarawak's largest business events destination campaign, Redefining Global Tribes, an event that included a fam trip and a half-day interactive forum. Sarawak’s minister of tourism, arts, culture, youth and sports, Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, who inaugurated the event, revealed that the Malaysian state has won 697 meetings since the establishment of the Sarawak Convention Bureau in 2006 – through the combined effort of the bureau and its partners. The 697 meetings have translated to some 254,000 delegates and 847,000 delegate days in Sarawak, as well as injected more than RM504 million (US$117.3 million) into the local economy. Abdul Karim said: "By attempting to redefine an industry and strengthen its branding impact internationally, we have opened Sarawak’s doors wider to the world, and are actively showcasing Sarawak’s efficiency and capabilities to host prestigious business events." “Business relationships are the end goal of campaigns such as Redefining Global Tribes which aim to increase business events impact on the economy," stressed Leo Michael Toyad Abdullah, Sarawak Convention Bureau's chairman. He added: "To do so, we need to create a stronger global identity by imprinting Sarawak’s cultural values of community, unity and identity upon the business events sector internationally." Smoking ban deyayed The Thailand government has delayed enforcement of its smoking ban on Pattaya and other popular beaches to better educate the public about the cost of lighting up on the sand. Thailand’s Department of Marine and Coastal Resources has implemented a smoking and drinking ban on 20 of the country’s beaches, including Pattaya and Jomtien. This is all due to massive amount of cigarette butts being collected from public beaches and research confirms they could be harmful to the environment. The ban was to take effect Nov. 1. Under the new law, smokers could be fined up to 100,000 baht and sentenced to a year in prison. However, public backlash and unpreparedness by local officials forced the government to backpedal and postpone enforcement of the ban until Feb. 1. Pattaya clearly was unprepared to do anything about smoking on the beach. By Nov. 2 no signs had been erected on any beach and plenty of sunbathers and vendors were puffing away as normal. A few municipal police officers were seen on Pattaya Beach informing people of the ban. Kalong Pongsrisai, 43, a Jomtien Beach vendor, said she smokes, but tries to keep it on the down-low as many of her customers don’t. She said she also uses an ash tray and doesn’t throw butts on the sand. Other beaches on the banned list are Bangsaen and Tham Pang on Koh Si Chang, Mae Phim in Rayong and Laem Sing in Chanthaburi. The ban is expected to be widened to all public beachfronts eventually. Travel Trade OUTBOUND - Scandinavia
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