The Delhi Tourism & Transport Development Corporation (DTTDC) is planning to sign Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with other state tourism boards in the country in the coming months to jointly promote travel packages and products of the respective states in a mutually beneficial manner. According to a DTTDC official, the corporation has already signed MoUs with the Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Goa and Gujarat tourism boards.
"The initiative is in its initial stages. The idea is to promote tourism jointly in a mutually beneficial manner. We have approached different tourism boards and the response has been encouraging. Once the MoUs are finalised, we will go into the execution mode," the official said. The draft MoU circulated by the DTTDC to various tourism boards, which was accessed by TravelBiz Monitor (sister publication of Hospitality Biz), seeks to "tap the tourism potential of the respective states, thereby enhancing employment generation within the tourism sector, develop tourism packages and services, and make them accessible to the public through tourism publicity". The MoU also guarantees financial benefits for selling products and services mutually. While mutually marketing hotel facilities, the selling tourism board is entitled to a 15 per cent commission on the actual sales value. For packages, tourist transport and car rentals, the commission payable will be 10 per cent of the actual sales value, the draft states. The bookings will be done online and dedicated user IDs and passwords will be allocated to the parties concerned.
Click here to see the original article>"The initiative is in its initial stages. The idea is to promote tourism jointly in a mutually beneficial manner. We have approached different tourism boards and the response has been encouraging. Once the MoUs are finalised, we will go into the execution mode," the official said. The draft MoU circulated by the DTTDC to various tourism boards, which was accessed by TravelBiz Monitor (sister publication of Hospitality Biz), seeks to "tap the tourism potential of the respective states, thereby enhancing employment generation within the tourism sector, develop tourism packages and services, and make them accessible to the public through tourism publicity". The MoU also guarantees financial benefits for selling products and services mutually. While mutually marketing hotel facilities, the selling tourism board is entitled to a 15 per cent commission on the actual sales value. For packages, tourist transport and car rentals, the commission payable will be 10 per cent of the actual sales value, the draft states. The bookings will be done online and dedicated user IDs and passwords will be allocated to the parties concerned.