Guwahati: The Guwahati International Airport, organized a workshop on the "role of airport in the process of developing tourism-industry in Northeast India". The workshop was inaugurated by Jayanta Malla Baruah, Minister of Tourism, Government of Assam.
Sher Khan, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from Adani Airport Holding Limited, Ahmedabad, Additional Chief Secretary Maninder Singh and Ravi Shankar Prasad, Secretary Department of Industry and Tourism, representative of India Tourism, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, representative of Hotel and Restaurant Association of Assam, senior officials from Airlines, Regional Executive Director, NE Region, Airports Authority of India and many airport officials participated and spoke on the event.
Minister Baruah said that several initiatives have been taken up in order to promote tourism in the region
Sher Khan, Deputy CEO, of Adani Airports said the airport has a huge potential to grow. He has shown how Guwahati airport may plan new connectivity with other Indian cities and potential foreign destinations. With his previous experience in the Changi Airport, Singapore he explained how airport contributed towards the development of tourism in the county.
Setting the context of the workshop, Utpal Baruah, Chief Airport Officer, LGBI Airport spoke about the potential of Guwahati airport to become a regional hub where any citizen living in the region can travel to any Indian city and come back home within 24 hours.
The workshop was also attended by the dignitaries from tourism departments of the NE states. Dr. Laxmanan S, Secretary, Industry and Commerce spoke about various plans of the government where the airport can also contribute. Maninder Singh, Addl. Chief Secretary (ACS) attended the workshop. Ravi Sankar Prasad, Addl. Chief Secretary to the Government.of Assam, Environment and Forest department, Philip F Tariang, Ban Nongkynrih were among others who spoke on the occasion.
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