The
Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) will hold the 2013
PATA Annual Summit (2013PAS)
in Bangkok April 25-28, 2013.
The
PATA Youth Forum will commence on Thursday, April 25, followed by the
one-daysummit on Friday April 26, and the PATA Board meetings
and AGM on April 27-28respectively.
Under
the theme “Embracing the Complete Visitor Economy”,
speakers from the public andprivate sector
at the summit will show the considerable impact
and social and economic reach
of the complete visitoreconomy.
“International visitor arrivals
statistics do not tell the full story,” said PATA CEO Martin J
Craigs. “We need politicians to fully understand the importance of
the visitor economy as a force for social
and economic good.”
He
added: “The response to the summit concept from leading
government and private enterprise members and our own
Executive Board has been very encouraging. The summit will
break new ground and help build business in all sectors. PATA is
finalizing an impressive speaker list and will make a further
announcement shortly.”
PATA's
vision is to secure better recognition for all aspects of the highly
interdependent travel, tourism and trade sectors, international and
domestic – the complete visitor economy.
The summit and
the other supporting PATA events of that weekend will take place at
the Centara Grand and Bangkok Convention Centre in Bangkok.
The
PATA Youth Forum will take place on April 25 at Thammasat University.
The forum will build on the recent PATA student forums held during
the PATA Annual Conference at Taylor's University in Kuala
Lumpur in 2011 and Lyceum of the Philippines University, Manila in
2012.
Registration
is now open. Fees for the 2013 PATA Annual Summit are
US$699 per person for PATA members, US$899 for Chapter members and
US$1,299 for non-members. Special rates for Young Tourism
Professionals and students will apply.