Former Explore director launches new Indian tour operator
A former director of Explore and the owner of Indian tour operator Sea and Sky have launched a specialist tour operation to India.
Totally India is available online but is intended to be sold through the trade with a 48-page brochure expected by July.
The tour operator, which will offer a programme of adventure and cultural holidays, both small group tours and independent travel, is the brainchild of Derek Moore – a founding director of Explore – and Bashir Sheikh, the owner of India’s leading tour operating company, Delhi-based Sea and Sky.
Derek Moore, said: "I first met Bashir over 30 years ago when he was our operations manager on the ground for us in India. He has been tremendously successful with his family-owned-and-run business and what he doesn’t know about India isn’t worth knowing.
"In an effort to appear ‘global’ most other adventure tour operators in the UK offer a huge choice of countries which tends to mean a limited choice of programmes in each one.
"But because India – which is in fact a sub-continent and not just a country – is one of the most fascinating and diverse countries in the world with so much to offer, we decided to specialise and create a wealth of itineraries that cover culture, adventure and activities with a programme that is, literally, totally India."
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