The Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) is set
to host the country’s biggest and most significant travel trade event – the
Philippine Travel Exchange (PHITEX), on September 4-6, 2016 at the Marriot
Grand Ballroom. In line with the Visit the Philippines Again 2016 (VPA) campaign,
this year’s PHITEX is set to once again promote the country as the premier
tourist destination among some of the world’s biggest travel and tour buyers.
With this year’s theme “#PHITEX2016:
Bigger Business”, TPB is bringing a larger and improved PHITEX with more
sessions allocated for business-to-business interactions and better designed
pre-tours and post-tours.
Kicking off this week-long event is the 27th Philippine Travel Mart (PTM) on
September 2-3 at SMX Convention Center. Organized by the Philippine Tour Operators Association (PHILTOA), PTM is considered to be one of the major travel trade exhibitions in the promotion of domestic and inbound
tourism. The event attracts buyers from all over the world as it presents the best and most affordable tour packages in the
country.
Highlighting the event is the Travel Exchange (TRAVEX),
which includes exclusive business-to-business appointment meetings between
Philippine sellers and foreign buyers. By giving them the chance to personally meet the local
sellers, buyers are introduced to the Philippines’ marketing trends and
practices. In exchange, sellers are given an edge to offer globally competitive
tour packages to the international market. These sessions will also provide
foreign buyers the opportunity to experience the fun and exciting post tours to
main Philippine attractions and destinations.
“PHITEX has been
instrumental in strengthening the brand image of the Philippines,” shares TPB
Chief Operating Officer Domingo Ramon C. Enerio III. “By introducing the best tourism
products and services to the international market and bringing together the different stakeholders
in the tourism industry, the country has become an important destination, not
only for various international and high-level
business and economic meetings but also for travel and trade. In fact, the country has welcomed more than 2.5 million visitors from
January to May 2016. This is 13.02% higher than the accumulated arrivals in
January to May 2015.”
Now on its 15th
year, PHITEX has been continuously sustaining the growth that the Philippines
has gained in the global tourism market.
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