Jammu:The two day International Conference on “Reflections on New Tourism and New Normal in the Post COVID-19 World” organised by Department of Tourism and Travel Management, Central University of Jammu (CUJ) under the patronage of the Prof. Sanjeev Jain, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Jammu .This event is being organized in an online media platform (Google meets) from 26th to 27th May 2022. The inaugural session started with formal welcome address by Dr. Bharti Gupta, the Conference Chair General followed by addresses of Dr. Amit Gangotia, Head of the Department and Prof. Jaya Bhasin, Dean of School of Business Studies.,
The renowned academicians Prof. Manjula Chaudhary and Prof. S. C. Bagri were the Guests of Honour in the event. They emphasized in their address on Post Covid-19 strategies for tourism and elaborated on the various essentials which still need to be taken care of. The department also launched e-proceedings of the conference compiling abstracts of around seventy research papers received from participants. The inauguration was concluded with the Vote of Thanks by Dr. Ranjeetkumar Raman.
The inauguration was followed by a plenary session with three keynote speakers namely Dr. Parikshat Singh Manhas, University of Jammu, India, Dr. EngZdzislaw,Jan Wyzykowski University, Poland and Dr. Nikolaos Pappas,Sunderland University, Uk.
The plenary session was followed by a technical session with three tracks with themes namely New Normal, Responsible Behaviour and New Business Models; COVID 19 Impact and Survival Stragegies in Tourism Industry; and Tourism innovation and Resilience during uncertainity. Thirtysixparticipants delivered their papers in their respective tracks. The sessions were chaired by Dr. Anil Gupta and Dr. Bhupesh Kumar and Co-chaired by Dr. Ranbir Singh, Dr. Sonia Sharma and Dr. R Manjushree. The sessions were assisted by the research scholars of the department.
The other organising committee members of conference include Dr Ranjeet Raman, Mr Rahul Thakur, Mr Manjeet Singh, Dr Rabinder Singh and Dr Swati Samnotra.