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EDITORIAL
8 TRAVELBIZ MONITOR OCTOBER, 2024
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Editor-in-Chief & CEO : Sheldon Santwan SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
sheldon@saffronsynergies.in
Executive Editor : Prasenjit Chakraborty
prasenjit.chakraborty@saffronsynergies.in, +91 9819263364 wo things are happening in stark contrast of each
EDITORIAL TEAM
MUMBAI Tother, and unsavory to both, India’s inbound trade
News Editor : Disha Shah Ghosh
disha.shah@saffronsynergies.in, +91 9619453170 and the Government. The gulf between inbound and
Sr. Correspondent : Tejaswini Paranjape outbound has continued to widen. In 2019, India’s
tejaswini.paranjape@saffronsynergies.in, +91 99200 80545
NEW DELHI best tourism year in terms of Foreign Tourist Arrivals
Sr. Correspondent–North India : Shayan Mallick
shayan.mallick02@gmail.com, +91 9818710659 (FTAs), the country received 10.9 million visitors against 26.9 million outbound Indian
HYDERABAD tourists. India was producing 2.5 tourists for every single tourist it received.
Chief Correspondent–South India : Asmita Mukherjee
asmita.mukherjee@saffronsynergies.in, +91 98342 55360 In 2023, which was the first Covid-free travel year, India’s outbound tourism bounced
BENGALURU
Social Media Consultant : Vitasta Gurtoo back strongly, registering a record 27.1 million outbound visitors. However, inbound was
vitasta.gurtoo@saffronsynergies.in, +91 90555 05184 different story. In the absence of any credible plan or promotions in the overseas market,
Social Media Team (Mumbai) : Nishtha Ganesh
nishthagan@gmail.com, +91 93240 36308 India could barely reach 85 per cent (9.2 million) of its peak 2019 number. So, in 2023,
DESIGN & LAYOUT (Mumbai) India was producing nearly 3 outbound tourists for every single tourist it received.
Madhukar Ingawale
madhukar.ingawle@gmail.com, +91 9967433821 Come 2024, there was near unanimity across stakeholders, Government or private,
CONTRIBUTORS
Hugh & Colleen Gantzer, Anurag Yadav, of not just a full inbound recovery but potentially, a growth. However, H1 2024 numbers
Hector D’souza, Nimit Chaudhary & Amala Dantas were still 10 per cent behind the peak 2019 corresponding period. And if that was not
DATABASE & SUBSCRIPTION
Senior Coordinator (Mumbai) : Gauri Sawant enough, the political turmoil in India’s biggest tourism source market, Bangladesh that
gauri.sawant@saffronsynergies.in, +91 83690 80796 began in July not only decimated any hope of a rebound in H2 2024, but has potentially
Coordinator (Mangaluru) : Priya Karkera
priya.saffron@gmail.com, +91 9702944562 already dragged the year-till-date 2024 number below the corresponding 2023 period.
TECH SUPPORT
Design & Development (Mumbai) : Gilson Prabhudas As for the available data for H1 2024, India was producing 3.15 outbound tourists for
MARKETING TEAM every single tourist it received. And for June alone, the gulf has further widened to 3.4
NAGPUR
Head - Sales & Marketing : Ajay Wadode outbound travellers for a single tourist received!
ajay.wadode@saffronsynergies.in, +91 8087127814 Now, what’s utterly surprising is that given the plethora industry associations and
MUMBAI
Sr. Manager – Sales & Marketing : Pooja Nalawade federations, inbound has miserably failed to argue its case so far. A big shout out and
pooja.nalawade@saffronsynergies.in, +91 97690 52241
Manager – Sales & Marketing : Jagdish Patil a joint representation, cobbled together bringing every sector of tourism industry, and
jagdish.patil@saffronsynergies.in, +91 74000 63663 led by some of the most powerful voices like those of Taj, the Oberoi, the Lalit, the Park,
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Marriott, Air India, IndiGo, and the IATOs and the HAIs of the industry, is the need of the
hour!
Shayan Mallick
902, 9th Floor, Cozy Apartments, Yari Road, Versova, Andheri (W), shayan.mallick02@gmail.com
Mumbai-400061, Maharashtra, India.

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