Tourism hospitality conference begins

Hyderabad: Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud on Saturday inaugurated the second joint international conference on 'Tourism, Hospitality and Sustainable Development Goals' at the National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management campus.

The NITHM and Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, Latvia are jointly hosting the conference between February 8 and 10 at the NITHM campus in Gachibowli here. More than 72 international delegates from over 18 countries, along with delegates within India as are participating.

The five international universities including University of Africa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, South Valley University-Luxor Branch, Arab Republic of Egypt, Takoradi Technical University, Ghana, The Engineering and Pedagogical College of Dushanbe, Tajikistan and University of Birjand, Iran are collaborating.

The aim of the conference is to provide a platform to the wide range of scholars, policymakers, practitioners and other tourism stakeholders to discuss debate and deliberate on the role, issues, and challenges of achieving SDGs through tourism and hospitality.

NITHM is hosting this conference for faculty, research scholars, industry stakeholders from both the tourism and hospitality industry and to help enrich their knowledge with panel sessions, paper presentations and use this platform to its maximum benefits.

As part of the conference, around 70 researchers are presenting papers in two days. This includes professors from foreign and Indian universities.