Indian Treats for 30,000 Visitors to Sydney Travel XPO
Special report by TravelMole lifestyle reporter – Thomas E. King
More than 30,000 visitors seeking the latest travel deals as well as detailed information on destinations around the world passed through the turnstiles at the Holiday & Travel XPO Sydney in mid March.
An annual event organised by Expertise Events and sponsored by Getaway, the Sun Herald and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, Globus, Gulf Air, Ford, Travel & Leisure and the Jetset Travelworld Group, the XPO is the largest consumer travel show in Sydney.
As usual, the exhibition organised by India Tourism placed emphasis on culture with a stylish display of Indian art highlighted with a miniature marble fountain.
India Tourism staff members were kept busy throughout the two-day event providing tourism literature and answering a multitude of questions about travel to and through India.
“Australian travellers are becoming more knowledgeable about India. There was a much broader range of enquiries about destinations ranging from Rajasthan, Kerala and Delhi/Agra/Jaipur to Darjeeling and even Sikkim”, said Ms Meeta Dubey, Information Assistant, India Tourism, Sydney.
Screening sessions for several new videos about India were well attended while a highlight of the XPO was an Indian dance presentation coordinated by the Nurpur Dance Group in Sydney.
Miss Tarneet Kaur received a very enthusiastic reception for her solo Bollywood dance performance. Dancing since the age of three, the now 8-year-old dance veteran will represent all of Australia at the upcoming World Bollywood Dance Competition in New Jersey.
Presenting the best of India Tourism to tens of thousands of visitors to the Holiday & Travel XPO Sydney were, from left: Meeta Dubey, Information Assistant and Bhavana Shinde, Information Officer with her 6 year old daughter, Anushka.
A stand-out star at the annual travel XPO was the Bollywood dance sensation, Tarneet Kaur.
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