Indonesia to Host PATA Travel Mart 7-9 September 2016

[HD video below] Indonesia will be the host country of the 39th PATA Travel Mart scheduled to take place at the Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE)in Greater Jakarta, Banten Province, Indonesia on 7-9 September.

“We are extremely excited that PATA Travel Mart is returning to Indonesia, having held one of our most successful Marts in Bali in 2007. This year, we have the opportunity to showcase a part of Indonesia that offers a variety of historical and natural attractions for today’s travellers,” said PATA CEO, Mario Hardy. “Once again we will adding value for all delegates by partnering with Phocuswright and Connecting Travel to present the PATA Innovation Forum. New for 2016 is the PATA Blogger Forum that’s designed to educate industry stakeholders on the importance of content creation in the digital age. Furthermore, the popular PTM Talk sessions continue during each day of the mart.”

On 2 March 2016, Indonesia relaxed its visa regulations by granting Free Visa-on-Arrival to 169 countries, including Australia.

“With the free visa to Indonesia, it is expected that Indonesia tourism will increase 5 to 25%,” said I Gde Pitana, Deputy Minister for International Tourism, Republic of Indonesia.

PATA Travel Mart is one of Asia Pacific’s premier travel trade shows, featuring networking and contracting opportunities to help travel and tourism organisations access decision makers, meet new clients, expand their network and build or maintain existing relationships. 

Update on Tourism in Indonesia - HD Video of Press Conference at ATF 2016

At the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2016 in Manila, Philippines in January, Indonesia's Minister of Tourism Arief Yahya gave a very informative media briefing to the local and international press attending the event.

Mr. Arief Yahya gave media an in-depth look into the country's tourism industry. He talks about visitor arrivals in 2015, targets for 2016, visas, what the country is doing to promote tourism and how it is going to do that, plus much, much more in the video.

Indonesia's tourism industry recently earned an impressive accolade with Ubud being only one of two other cities in Asia to be featured in the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards for the World's Top 10 Destinations.

HD Videos from ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2016 in Manila, Philippines: Philippine Airlines HD Video Interview with Jaime J. Bautista, President & COO, Philippines Tourism Press Conference / Update at ATF 2016, Sharia Law and Brunei Tourism Question at ATF 2016 in Manila, Indonesia Tourism Press Conference at ATF 2016, Cambodia Tourism Press Conference at ATF 2016, Tourism Authority of Thailand Press Conference at ATF 2016, Premier Inn's Expansion Plans for Asia Pacific - HD Video Interview at ATF 2016, HD Video Interview with Bambi M. Samson, Director of Sales, One of Collection (Philippines), Laos Tourism Press Conference at ATF 2016, Myanmar Tourism Press Conference at ATF 2016 and Exclusive HD Video Interview with Bruno Cristol GM of Dusit Thani Manila, as well as many other HD Videos.

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