Under the theme "High Value Tourism, Low Impact Footprints," AT&RTCM, running February 4-7, will address key issues facing responsible and sustainable travel. On February 6 a buyer-seller mart takes place for companies specialising in adventure and responsible tourism.

Travel demand to South Asia was particularly strong with growth of 15% for the month of October (year-on-year), however this momentum stalled a little in November when the aggregate gain fell to 9%. With the exception of India, all reporting destinations within this sub-region showed outstanding results with double-digit growth during the month of November. A number of destinations in the region ...

A series of case studies, presented at the first China Responsible Tourism Forum (CRTF) in Beijing on December 16, confirmed that responsible tourism is firmly on the agenda among small and medium-sized enterprises in China.

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has announced the PATA China Advisory Board at the first China Responsible Tourism Forum, organized by PATA, in co-operation with the Organising Committee of the China International Heritage Towns Exposition.

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has signed a PATA Preferred Partner agreement with Dragon Trail, an award-winning digital marketing and travel technology company in Beijing. The agreement aims to strengthen cooperation in the development of digital marketing, social media, and to support PATA's activities in China.

Heavy-duty restructuring is under way at the Pacific Asia Travel Association as it prepares to “start off with a clean slate” before the announcement of a new CEO at the annual PATA Travel Mart in New Delhi this week. Three of its regional directors in Europe and North America will not have their contracts renewed as of October, two staff in the Strategic Intelligence Centre have been “restruct...

The April result means that for the first four months of 2011, international visitor arrivals to the region grew by 5.4% year-on-year adding more than 5.5 million arrivals to the collective inbound count.

Since the last PATA Travel Mart was held in New Delhi in 1993, the city has grown dramatically to become the fifth largest in the world by population. The 2010 Commonwealth Games paved the way for major improvements to the city's infrastructure and heritage buildings. New Delhi now has a thoroughly revamped airport with a new Terminal 3.

South Asia continued to set the pace with the strongest arrivals growth from amongst the four sub-regions covered in February with a gain of 15%. Two destinations involved in the hosting of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, India and Sri Lanka, recorded the fastest arrivals growth of 15% for the month. Arrivals to the Maldives (+13%) and Nepal (+12%) also grew strongly in February.

Taking the anniversary theme 'Building Tourism: Past. Present. Progressive', Plenary 1 considered PATA's impact over the past 60-years, its relevance today, and its commitment to the future.