TTAUP Travel Mart 2026 brought more than 400 travel professionals and around 60 exhibitors to Lucknow on October 5, with airlines, hotels, tourism boards, DMCs and travel companies participating. Inaugurated by Preeti Srivastava, Deputy Director, Uttar Pradesh Tourism, the B2B event focused on meetings, destination promotion and trade networking. The latest edition follows TTAUP’s 2025 mart, which recorded 315 buyers, 45 exhibitors and more than 7,000 scheduled B2B meetings. Uttar Pradesh remains India’s largest domestic tourism market, recording 646.81 million domestic tourist visits in 2024, up 35.17% year-on-year, according to the Union Tourism Ministry. The state also received 2.27 million foreign tourist visits, up 41.68%. The 2026 mart brought suppliers and buyers together amid this expanding state tourism market.
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