PATA is anticipating that Indian and Chinese buyers will create a large amount of business at the upcoming PATA Travel Mart (PTM) in New Delhi.
Thirty Indian buyer organisations will be present, while China will send 40 travel buyers, including 20 from the independent China Travel Service, the biggest wholesale tour operator in China. The largest number of buyers at PTM will still be from the European market.
Of the 77 seller organisations from India, 31 will be first-time exhibitors.
Ten Indian states will be present at PTM, as well as nine Chinese representatives from Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Kunming, Nanjing, Qinghai and Shenzhen. The China National Tourism Administration will also be attending.
PATA statistics show that the Indian and Chinese outbound markets are growing at around 12 per cent per year.
