The ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) TRAVEX 2013,
which will take place in Vientiane's Lao International Trade Exhibition and
Convention Centre from January 22-24, boasts the highest number of corporate
booths achieved by the event thus far, while more than half of buyers attending
are new.
Into its 32nd edition, the ATF TRAVEX
2013, will welcome over 1,000 exhibitors and 460 booths, with new exhibitors
comprising 35 per cent. The exhibition will feature 75 corporate booths. Host country Laos is fielding its largest-ever
contingent at ATF.
Saly Phimpinith, director-general of tourism
marketing department in the Laos’ Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism,
said: “Laos is constantly improving its service standards in the tourism
industry. We have begun to classify hotels and guesthouses and are actively
promoting community-based tourism in order to improve the standard of living in
remote areas. We are happy to give ATF TRAVEX delegates a glimpse into the
beauty of Laos through the pre-show city tours and post-show tours.”
ATF 2013 attracted close to 1,100 buyer
registrations, out of which only 380 quality buyers will be hosted. More than
50 non-hosted buyers will also be participating. The forum is seeing buyers
from new countries such as Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Ireland, Israel,
Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka and Taiwan.
International
media registrations have also reached the 170 mark.
-TTG Asia.
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