More than 200 events lined up at 'Yashobhoomi' at Dwarka in two years: DPIIT
Yashobhoomi — at Dwarka here in the next two years, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
The focus sectors of these events would be digital innovation, hospitality, entertainment, healthcare, automobile, infrastructure, travel and tourism, and smart manufacturing.
Kinexin Convention Management Pvt Ltd, a consortium of Korea International Exhibition Centre (KINTEX) and eSang Networks Company Ltd, are holding marketing initiatives all over the world to attract events at the centre, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 17.
KINTEX has been appointed as the operator for exhibition and convention centre for managing the venue for 20 years.
Modi unveiled the Rs 5,400-crore Phase 1 of the IICC on Sunday. He also inaugurated the extension of the Delhi Metro's Airport Line which now terminates at YashoBhoomi Dwarka Sector 25 station.
How India plans to tap the Rs 25 lakh crore conference tourism industry
Secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Rajesh Kumar Singh said that it is India's largest complex and it would help India tap the growing MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) industry.
India's share is less than 1 per cent of the Rs 25 lakh crore MICE sector. Bharat Mandapam at Pragati Maidan and Yashobhoomi would help in capturing more share in the sector.
India ranked 28th with 158 meetings in 2019 International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) list because of less number of events being organised in the country.
In cities, Delhi ranked at 75th out of 475.
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Talking about the next phase of the ICC project, Singh
