Mr Martin J Craigs, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) CEO and Mr David Scowsill, the President of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), outlined next steps and a united agenda in advocacy for the total travel industry chain at a media briefing that took place January 24 at PATA head office.
Mr Martin J Craigs, PATA CEO, told the journalists that PATA as a member of the Global Travel Coalition would increasingly refer to the “Visitor Economy” as a strategy to make politicians think more broadly of travel and tourism as a job creation and poverty alleviating industry. “We will be stressing the benefits of the ‘Visitor Economy' as a formidable force that every government should embrace and nurture,” said the PATA CEO.
Mr David Scowsill said that WTTC would be pleased to bring its Regional Summit to Thailand in 2015. He told the journalists that the “centre of gravity” for the travel and tourism industry, was still European, but that it was moving towards Asia, “which will be the new centre of gravity within 10 years or so”, he said.
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