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Travel Fair 2012
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Guangzhou International Travel Fair 2012 was one of the most important international tourism exhibitions in both China and the Asia-Pacific region since its debut in 1993.
with its ethnic characteristics and traditions in ‘China-Russia Tourism 2012’. Several Spanish Michelin star chefs were invited to China to prepare numerous kinds of Spanish cuisines.
Exhibitors from Turkey, Hungary, Austria, Nepal, the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Macau, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, and Kenya also attended the exhibition in order to provide visitors with wonderful travel opportunities in places all over the world.
Uniting with Asia Hotel Forum & Starlight Awards, GITF 2012 set up an Asia Hotel Expo onsite. The fair made use of its brand appeal and influences in the domestic hotel industry, attracting high-end international brands like Starwood and InterContinental to Guangzhou.
In the major consumer market of China, as well as media in Germany, UK, Malaysia, India and Singapore, the goal was to provide the most up-to-date travel information to exhibitors, visitors and Guangzhou citizens alike. The tourism bureaus of Inner Mongolia, Beijing and Wuhan joined the exposition to increase the input and expand their scale in order to obtain valuable share in the domestic market.
Guang-Shen-Zhu and Guang-Fo-Zhao City Union united the surrounding areas of similar cultures and wowed visitors while further promoting the development of the tourism industry in Guangzhou City
SUMMER 2012
TEXT Samantha Dahlstrand
The annual Guangzhou International Travel Fair took place on March 1-3 at Area C in the China Import and Export Fair Complex. The GITF 2012 accommodated about 700 exhibitors in three separate halls within a display area of 22,000 square meters—15% of participants from last year’s exhibition returned—making it the largest demonstration since its debut in 1993.
Each hall encompassed a theme: the international hall, the themed hall and the domestic hall. The new overseas players in the foreign tourism bureau include Canada, U.S.A, Russia, Iceland, Iran and Great Britain. Their opulent and exotic presentations, along with other key players from home and abroad made GITF one of the most important international tourism exhibitions in both China and the Asia-Pacific region.
Sponsored by Guangdong Provincial Tourism Administration and Tourism Administration of Guangzhou Municipality, GITF 2012 was organized by Hannover Milano Fairs Shanghai Ltd. The international hall and themed hall were open to trade visitors during the first two days and then to the public on the third.
However, the domestic hall was open to all trade visitors as well as the public for all three days.
The Canadian Tourism Commission had the strongest return with a large booth of over 200 square meters. The Russian Tourism Bureau also made a spectacular presentation