Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi’s tourism industry is set to roll out its biggest road show delegation to India this December with 25 stakeholders joining the initiative launched by the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi).
The road show will begin in New Delhi tomorrow, moving on to Mumbai before rolling into Ahmedabad on December 11 and closing out in Bangalore on December 12.
“This will be our first outing in Ahmedabad from where Etihad Airways now operates a daily services bringing the Gujarat market well within our reach,” Mubarak Al Nuaimi, director of promotions and overseas offices at TCA Abu Dhab, said.
Indian travelers now make up Abu Dhabi’s largest overseas source market for hotel guests with 14,540 Indians staying in the emirate’s hotels in the first nine months of this year - a 31 per cent uplift on the same period in 2012.
“The Indian market is maturing. There are an increasing number of well-travelled, cosmopolitan Indian elite, movie personalities, business moguls and entrepreneurs. I also believe Indian travellers have very much matured over the years,” Kulwant Singh, managing director of Lama Tours and Holidays, said.
