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Update on IATOs meeting with the Honble Minister of State for Tourism (IC), Government of India To All Members Sub: Update on IATOs meeting with the Honble Minister of State for Tourism (IC), Government of India    Dear Colleagues, An IATO  delegation led by the President along with Presidents of ADTOI, ATOAI and OTOAI met the Tourism Minister at his office yesterday to   apprise him about the acute distress that the tourism industry is undergoing especially the tour operators. Mrs. Meenakshi Sharma, Director General (Tourism) and Mr. Rakesh Kumar Verma, Joint Secretary (Tourism), Government of India were also present.    The delegation impressed upon the Honble Minister that tour operators are not in a position to pay salaries to their staff since there is no business and they are under acute financial crisis and requested for the following support:- Financial support to tour operators so that tour operators do not close down their business and continue their business with their exper

Regarding Membership Subscription for the Financial Year 2020-21 To All Members Sub: Regarding Membership Subscription for the Financial Year 2020-21 Dear Members, At the outset on behalf of the Executive Committee, I wish you, your family and all your team members in the office to remain in good health and stay safe. Let us in this difficult time stay home and stay united and fight together with Covid-19 by following the advisories being issued by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and the State Governments. Due to lockdown since 21st March 2020, IATO Office premises was closed and staff had been working from home since then. Now with partial relaxation, IATO office is opened with skeleton staff thrice a week i.e. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to do the essential work related to finance and budgets.  However otherwise, IATO Secretariat is fully functional and working from home. Similarly offices of most of our members remained closed since national lockdown w

8 th  May 2020 To All Members, Sub: Additional guidelines for quarantine of returnees from abroad / contacts / isolation of suspect or confirmed cases in private facilities Dear Members, Attached please find Additional guidelines issued by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India for quarantine of returnees from abroad / contacts / isolation of suspect or confirmed cases in private facilities received from Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. Thanks and regards, Rahul Chakravarty COO   Subject:  Additional Guidelines for Quarantine GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM (TRAVEL TRADE DIVISION)     EON :  TT-202/8/2020                                                                   Date : May 8, 2020   To, The President, FAITH, IATO, TAAI, TAFI, ATOAI, ADTOI, ITTA, Outbound Tour Operators Association, FHRAI, HAI, IHHA, ICPB, PATA India Chapter. Sir/ Madam, Enclosed herewith please find “Additional Guidelines for Quarantine of returnees from abroad / contacts

IATO President Mr. Pronab Sarkar speaks to Tourism & Hospitality trade on the severe impact of the #covid19 pandemic. Business losses up to 10 Lakh Crores as per #TourismFaith are estimated, resulting in unemployment and distress #savetourismjobs #SaveIndianTourism