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Thailand Travel Mart to feature 2 maiden events

Thailand Travel Mart to feature 2 maiden events

Saturday, June 01, 2013, 18:55 GMT+7

The Thailand Travel Mart 2013 Plus (TTM+2013) will kick off June 5 with two first-time events, the organizer, Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), has announced.

They include the participation of Yunnan Provincial Tourism Administration and the introduction of debates to the Travel Forum. 

Both will help expand the quality of participation in Thailand’s largest business to business event, and also raise the level of intellectual discussion to a new high, according to TAT.

The Yunnan Provincial Tourism Administration has a registered a team of 26 delegates to participate in TTM+.  This  is  a  very  important  step  forward  as  the  TTM+  is  designed  to

showcase  the  exciting  tourism  products  of  the  entire  Greater  Mekong  Subregion  (GMS) which includes Vietnam, Yunnan province of China, Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia.

Yunnan is located in the lower Southwestern part of China and shares a long border with Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar. It is also close to Thailand, Bangladesh and Bhutan, making it an important gateway to Southeast and South Asia.

Yunnan’s  16  prefectures  and municipalities  have  a  total  population  of  44  million,  including  25  minority  groups.  Its capital is Kunming.

Kunming  Changshui  International  Airport  is  now  the  fifth  largest  airport  in China, with connections to 10 cities within Yunnan Province, 60 cities within China and 14 international  cities,  such  as  Bangkok,  Singapore,  Kuala  Lumpur,  Osaka,  Seoul,  Yangon, Vientiane, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Siem Reap, Mandalay, Dhaka, etc.

The  emergence  of  road  and  rail  links,  including  the  Asian  Highway  and  the  Trans  Asian

Railway,  will  also  enhance  its  connections  with  Hanoi, Bangkok,  and Lashio  (Myanmar).

“The  strong  presence  of  Yunnan  province  will  certainly  give  a  major  boost  for buyers seeking new destinations in this part of the world,” remarked TAT Governor Suraphon Svetasreni in a statement.

“At the same time, the inclusion of debates  is  now  important  in  order  to  broaden  industry  discourse  and  provide  an opportunity for such an important issues to be discussed in a comprehensive manner,” he added.

Travel debate

As for the concept of debate, it has been incorporated into the forum for Buyers and Sellers on the topics “Creative Travel” and “DIY Tourism”, which two keynote speeches by Greg Richards, Professor of Leisure Studies at the University of Tilburg and Professor of Events at Breda University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands, and Frank Oostdam, chairman of the ANVR, the Dutch Association of Tour Operators and Travel Agents.

Richards will start with the topic “Changing destination perceptions through creative travel,” which will be followed by a debate on the topic:  “Bangkok needs repositioning through creative tourism techniques and implementation.”

Meanwhile, Oostdam will deliver a speech with the topic “DIY in tourism: Dynamic Packaging, the pros and the cons,” which precedes a debate on the topic:  “dynamic packaging will become the tourist’s preferred option of buying holidays”.

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