Founded in 1951, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is a not-for-profit membership association that acts as a catalyst for the responsible development of travel and tourism to, from and within the Asia Pacific region. The Association provides aligned advocacy, insightful research, and innovative events to its member organisations, which include government, state and city tourism bodies; international airlines and airports; hospitality organisations, and educational institutions, as well as youth members across the world.
The PATA network also embraces the grassroots activism of the PATA Chapters and Student Chapters, who organise numerous travel industry training programmes and business development events across the world.
Thousands of travel professionals belong to the 31 local PATA Chapters worldwide, while hundreds of students are members of the 15 PATA Student Chapters globally.
The PATAmPOWER platform delivers unrivalled data, forecasts, and insights from the PATA Strategic Intelligence Centre to members’ desktops and mobile devices anywhere in the world. PATA’s Head Office has been in Bangkok since 1998. The Association also has an official office in Beijing.
Visit PATA.org for more information.
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) published the Food and Plastic Waste Reduction Standard for Tourism Businesses as part of its commitment to the European Union (EU)-funded TourLink project, under the EU SWITCH-ASIA Programme.
PATA’s Food and Plastic Waste Reduction Standards for Tourism Businesses Read More »
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) in partnership with the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) will host its inaugural PATA & GBTA APAC Travel Summit at the new, state-of-the-art Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC)
PATA and GBTA to host APAC Travel Summit 2022 in Bangkok Read More »
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) released its latest quarterly updated international visitor arrivals (IVAs) forecast current to May 6, 2022, based on the data provided by 39 Asia Pacific destinations.
PATA Releases Forecast for Asia Pacific International Visitor Arrivals in 2022 Read More »
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has announced new dates for the next PATA Annual Summit.
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) welcomed the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) as its newest government member.
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has been collating, assessing and sharing international visitor arrival (IVA) forecasts annually for the past two decades.
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) announced a new preferred partnership with Flywire, a global payments enablement and software company with significant experience in the travel industry.
Travel industry leaders have united to support the Go Give One campaign to help fund COVID-19 vaccines worldwide.
Virgin Atlantic, Collinson, and PATA Unite to Tackle Global COVID-19 Vaccine Inequity Read More »
Given the dynamic environment driven by COVID-19 health and border policies, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has just produced an updated third-quarter 2021 forecast for international visitor arrivals into 39 Asia Pacific destinations.
PATA Says Asia Pacific to Have Uneven Travel Recovery Read More »
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) welcomes Expedia Group as its newest corporate member.
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) today announced that the PATA Annual Summit (PAS) 2021 will take place online from April 27-29.
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) announce the ratification of the new PATA Executive Board.
