Bungwe la Travel Agents Federation of India linachita msonkhano wawo wapachaka ku Chiang Mai pa October 22-25, 2009. Mu mgwirizano wochititsa chidwi pakati pa Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI) ndi Tourism Authority ya Thailand, Pradip Lulla, pulezidenti wa TAFI, ndi Chattan Kunjara Na Ayudhya, mkulu wa ofesi ya TAT New Delhi m'malo mwa TAT, adakonza Msonkhano wa Travel Agents Federation of India 2009.

Othandizira oyendera alendo aku India komanso oyendera alendo omwe adachita nawo msonkhano wa TAFI ku Chiang Mai adasangalatsidwa ndi Chiang Mai. Kuchokera ku Doi Suthep kupita ku banja la Panda, mzindawu wakumana ndi kupitirira zimene nthumwi za msonkhanowo zinkayembekezera.

Pambuyo pa msonkhanowo, kuyambira pa October 25-28, nthumwi zinali ndi mwayi wochita nawo ulendo wausiku wachitatu wozoloŵerana ndi malo 10 ku Thailand ndi kupitirira. Malo omwe adapita ku Bangkok, Pattaya, Hua Hin, Phuket, Chiang Rai, Cambodia, Vietnam, ndi Philippines.

Mzindawu ndi oyang'anira ake adachita bwino kwambiri kulandira msika waku India ku Chiang Mai. Yakonzeka kulimbikitsa ulendo wa Chiang Mai, komanso Northern Thailand kupanga gawo laling'ono la Indian.

Mutu wa msonkhanowu unali "Kuphwanya Zolepheretsa - Khulupirirani Kuti Mukwaniritse," ndipo magawo abizinesi ndi okamba anali ndi cholinga chokonzekeretsa othandizira kuti agwire ntchito yovuta komanso yovuta ngati othandizira omwe akukonzekera kukhala ndi ziro ndege.

Panali okamba nkhani zambiri zosangalatsa kuphatikiza wokamba nkhani wathu waku Thailand, Andrew Wood, yemwe adalankhula pamutu wa "The Green Imperative - The Challenges before Travel and Tourism." Bambo Wood ndi wapampando wa Skal International wa Responsible Tourism for Skal International Worldwide komanso ndi manejala wamkulu wa Chaofya Park Hotel ku Bangkok.

Msonkhano wa TAFI unapezeka anthu ambiri ndipo nthumwi zoposa 900 zinafika ku Chiang Mai. Ogulitsa mahotela ku Thailand komanso ogulitsa malonda apaulendo adapezekapo pamisonkhano yamasiku awiri, B2B ndipo adatengera manambala kwa nthumwi zopitilira 2.

Akuluakulu omwe adathandizira msonkhanowu anali Tourism Authority yaku Thailand, ndipo onyamula zida anali Thai Airways International. Mahotela a Congress anali Shangri-La ndi Le Meridien Chiang Mai.

Misonkhano Yachigawo ya TAFI yapitayo inachitikira ku Mauritius, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, ndi Kota Kinabalu. Lililonse la malowa lawona chiwonjezeko chachikulu cha alendo obwera ku India chifukwa cha misonkhanoyi.

Mzindawu unali wodzaza kwambiri moti kwa nthawi yoyamba m’miyezi yambiri, bwalo la ndege lidatambasulidwa ndi ndege zonena kuti zachulukirachulukira ndipo ndege zonse zopita ku Bangkok zidagulitsidwa.

Ndi bwino kuonanso Chiang Mai ali wotanganidwa kwambiri, ndipo ndi nthawi yoti duwa lakumpotoli lichiritsidwe. Tikukhulupirira, msika waku India ukhala patsogolo kuthandiza kutsitsimutsa chuma chamzindawu.

ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:

In a landmark tie-up between the Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI) and Tourism Authority of Thailand, Pradip Lulla, president of TAFI, and Chattan Kunjara Na Ayudhya, director of TAT New Delhi office on behalf of TAT, organized the Travel Agents Federation of India Convention 2009.
It is good to see Chiang Mai so busy again, and it is time for this rose of the north to make a recovery.
Following the convention, from October 25–28, delegates had the opportunity to participate in a three-night familiarization trip to 10 destinations in Thailand and beyond.