The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Travel Mart, one of Asia Pacific’s longest-standing international travel trade exhibitions, will mark its return to Macau after a decade, with the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) hosting the event in 2027 following the editions last held in the city in 2017 and 2010.
The announcement by PATA and MGTO was made in an MGTO statement yesterday.
Set to be held from September 20 to 22 next year, the event, as described on the PATA website, will feature activities for delegates including the main trade show, a full-day insight forum on the latest industry trends, and the PATA Gold Awards 2027. There will also be networking and contracting opportunities.
The fair is set to gather tourism officials and industry professionals “from travel destinations across the Asia-Pacific region and the world”, the MGTO statement pointed out.
MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said, as summarised in the statement, that she was “looking forward to welcoming PATA Travel Mart delegates once again next year for a firsthand update on the dynamic developments of Macau as a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure, with an emphasis on diversification”.
The statement also highlighted that the event has always been “an important platform for Macau’s tourism industry to connect with peers in the Asia Pacific and beyond”.
Moreover, the statement highlighted that aside from the two previously held PATA Travel Mart (PTM) editions in 2010 and 2017, the PATA Annual Conference in 2005, PATA Annual Meeting in 2009, and the PATA Annual Summit in 2024, were also held in Macau.
This file photo taken in 2017 and provided by the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) yesterday shows the PATA Travel Mart in Macau in 2017.
