Indian travel companies get more interested in cooperation with Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek, Jan.17, 2020. /Kabar/. India’s capital New Delhi hosted a tourist Road Show, which attracted a lot of attention of Indian tour companies to Kyrgyzstan, the press service of the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry said.

The event was organized by the Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in India together with the Department of Tourism of the country and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

As part of this event, Director of the Tourism Department Maksat Damir uulu made a presentation on the tourism potential of Kyrgyzstan.

In his speech, Maksat Damir uulu stressed the Kyrgyz Republic is currently making every effort to significantly increase the number of tourists, adding that India is the third country in the world in outbound tourism after China and the United States.

Kyrgyz Ambassador to India Asein Isayev also attended the Road Show. He stressed the Embassy is always open for cooperation as a partner for travel companies planning to attract Indian tourists, including investments in the tourism industry of Kyrgyzstan.

Rajan Sehgal, Member of the Steering Committee of the Travel Agent Association of India (TAAI) and President of the India Golf Tourism Association (IGTA) noted leaders of the two countries have shown mutual interest in creating and improving conditions in sectors, focused on mutual trade and investment.

In total, the event was attended by about 30 major leading Indian tourism companies, which have shown an active interest in establishing business contacts between the tourism sectors of Kyrgyzstan and India.

Kyrgyzstan’s C.A.T. Company, East West Travel, Travel Land Kyrgyzstan, Rayan Tour, as well as Resorts Association took part in the event.

"The Embassy organized a corner of the Kyrgyz Republic, where each guest of the event could taste traditional sweets and dried fruits brought from Kyrgyzstan. After the Road Show the embassy actively began to receive requests from Indian travel companies, interested in further cooperation with Kyrgyzstan in tourism,” the reports says.