Mangalore Airport jubilee celebrations - 2-day national convention on Aug 21 - 22

Mangalore Airport jubilee celebrations - 2-day national convention on Aug 21 - 22

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, August 8: A 2-day national conference titled Indian Aviation and Tourism – Opportunities, Challenges, and New Directions will be held at the old terminal building of Mangalore Airport on Aug 21 – 22 as part of the airport’s diamond jubilee celebrations. 

Speaking at a press conference held today, K. Tejomaya, the chief coordinator of the Mangalore Airport Diamond Jubilee Celebration Committee, said that Prof. Mallikarjunappa, the head of the department of business and tourism administration at Mangalore University, will supervise the convention. 

He said that delegates are expected from home as well as abroad, and papers have already been received from the barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia; former senior legal aid counsel, Hong Kong; Kingdom University, Bahrain; South Africa; IIM in Kozhikode, University of Southern Mississippi; universities, organizations, and colleges from all over the country; as well as tourism industry professionals. 

Around 175 – 200 delegates are expected, of which 100 will be from outside Mangalore University, he added. 

He also said that papers will be presented on eco tourism, cultural tourism, geo tourism, role of information technology in medical tourism, tourism and aviation, and so on. 

Some of the resources persons will be Prof. Sandeep Kulshreshstha from Indian Institute of Travel and Tourism Management in Gwalior, Prof Y. Venkat Rao from Pondicherry University, Prof. Jayaram of Madurai Kamraj University, and Giorgio Magistrelli from Italy, to mention just a few.