Ua mālama ʻia ka hui ʻo Travel Agents Federation o India i kā lākou hui makahiki ma Chiang Mai ma ʻOkakopa 22-25, 2009. Ma kahi pilina ʻāina ma waena o ka Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI) a me Tourism Authority o Thailand, Pradip Lulla, pelekikena o TAFI, a me Chattan Kunjara Na Ayudhya, ka luna o ke keʻena ʻo TAT New Delhi ma ka ʻaoʻao o TAT, i hoʻonohonoho i ka Travel Agents Federation of India Convention 2009.

ʻO nā mea huakaʻi huakaʻi India a me nā mea huakaʻi huakaʻi i hele i ka ʻaha TAFI ma Chiang Mai ua mahalo ʻia me Chiang Mai. Mai Doi Suthep a i ka ʻohana Panda, ua hālāwai ke kūlanakauhale a ua ʻoi aku ma mua o nā manaʻolana o nā ʻelele e hele ana i ka ʻaha kūkā.

Ma hope o ka ʻaha kūkā, mai ʻOkakopa 25-28, ua loaʻa i nā ʻelele ka manawa e komo ai i kahi huakaʻi hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻekolu pō i 10 mau wahi ma Thailand a ma waho. ʻO nā wahi i hoʻolālā ʻia ʻo Bangkok, Pattaya, Hua Hin, Phuket, Chiang Rai, Cambodia, Vietnam, a me Philippines.

Ua hana maikaʻi loa ke kūlanakauhale a me kāna mau luna hoʻokipa i ka mākeke India i Chiang Mai. Manaʻo ia e hoʻonui i ka kipa ʻana iā Chiang Mai, a ʻo Northern Thailand hoʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka sub-continent India.

ʻO ke poʻomanaʻo o ka ʻaha kūkā ʻo "Breaking Barriers - Believe to Achieve," a ʻo nā hui ʻoihana a me nā mea haʻiʻōlelo i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomākaukau i nā ʻelele no kahi pōʻai ʻoihana paʻakikī a paʻakikī hoʻi i ka mākaukau ʻana o nā ʻelele e noho me nā komisina mokulele ʻole.

Nui nā haʻiʻōlelo hoihoi a me nā hōʻikeʻike e pili ana i kā mākou ʻōlelo Thailand ponoʻī, ʻo Andrew Wood, nāna i kamaʻilio ma ke kumuhana o "The Green Imperative - The Challenges before Travel and Tourism." ʻO Mr. Wood ka luna o Skal International o Responsible Tourism for Skal International Worldwide a ʻo ia hoʻi ka luna nui o ka Chaophya Park Hotel ma Bangkok.

Ua hele maikaʻi ʻia ka ʻaha TAFI me 900 mau ʻelele i hele i Chiang Mai. Ua hele ka poʻe hōkele hale hōkele o Thailand a me nā mea hoʻolako kālepa huakaʻi i nā lā 2, B2B a lawe i nā helu i nā ʻelele 1,000.

ʻO nā mea kākoʻo nui no ka ʻaha kūkā ʻo ia ka Tourism Authority o Thailand, a ʻo ka mea lawe kūhelu ʻo Thai Airways International. ʻO nā hōkele ʻo Congress ka Shangri-La a me Le Meridien Chiang Mai.

Ua mālama ʻia ʻo TAFI Convention ma Mauritius, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, a me Kota Kinabalu. Ua ʻike kēlā me kēia mau wahi i ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi India ma muli o nā ʻaha kūkā.

Ua piha loa ke kūlanakauhale a no ka manawa mua i loko o nā mahina he nui, ua hoʻolōʻihi ʻia ke kahua mokulele me nā mokulele e hōʻike ana i ka overbooking a ua kūʻai ʻia nā mokulele a pau i Bangkok.

He mea maikaʻi ke ʻike iā Chiang Mai i ka hana hou ʻana, a ʻo ka manawa kēia e hoʻōla hou ai kēia rose o ka ʻākau. Lana ka manaʻolana, ʻo ka mākeke India ke poʻo e kōkua i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka waiwai o ke kūlanakauhale.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

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.