Hyderabad: Telangana's tourism department has set up a stall at the 44th World Travel Market (WTM) at London. This year’s theme, ‘Emerging technology’s potential for food in tourism’, focuses on how technology can benefit the industry. Tourism minister Jupally Krishna Rao attended the event to highlight the state's efforts to attract international tourists.
Krishna Rao met with representatives from different countries and key officials from India's tourism departments. He held a special meeting with Alure Rehman, chairman of the London Tea Exchange, to discuss potential partnerships in tourism development. They talked about attracting foreign investment, plans for a tea exchange outlet in Hyderabad, and the possibility of setting up a giant wheel in Hyderabad similar to the London Eye.
The World Travel Market in London will run for three days, featuring representatives from 125 countries and over ten Indian states, all coming together to celebrate and promote global tourism.
The Telangana stall welcomed notable guests, including India’s High Commissioner to the UK, Vikram Doraiswami, Central Tourism Department DG Mugdha Sinha, Goa’s Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte, Odisha Deputy CM Pravati Parida, and Ramoji Film City MD Vijayeswari. The dignitaries praised the audiovisual presentations created by Telangana’s Tourism Department.
