Travel And Tour World March 2013 Issue

The month of March churns a lot of expectations for travel trade enthusiasts. Some of the biggest travel trade events including AIME Melbourne and ITB Berlin are lined up this month promising hordes of opportunities for travel industry professionals. We will be supporting both the events and if you happen to be present at any of these fairs then do meet us! According to a report published by ITB World Travel Trends, Asia will be the powerhouse of the global tourism sector with strong growth of 7% in outbound travel. The outlook for 2013 is even stronger, experts said at the World Travel Monitor Forum in Pisa. China and Japan are both performing exceedingly well this year with double-digit growth rates in outbound travel, Hiroshi Kurosu, senior researcher at the Japan Travel Bureau, told participants. The number of international trips by Chinese grew about 20% in the first half of this year on top of already rising visits in the recent years. Japan has staged a remarkable recovery with 13.7% growth in the first nine months of the year, while outbound travel by South Koreans increased by 6.7% from January to August 2012. Hong Kong and Taiwan also grew well over the first nine months. In this edition we have sketched a detailed report on the expansion of tourism industry even when economy stays balanced on a string. Feel free to criticize by writing to us, your opinions are awaited! Till then........