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.
Asia Pacific remains solidly on the path to welcome close to one billion international visitor arrivals (IVAs) over the next five years. This is one of the key predictions from the Executive Summary of the […]
PATA Forecasts 1 Billion Int’l Arrivals into Asia Pacific Read More »
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) welcomes the State Tourism Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan as its newest government member. The agency is the executive authority carrying out and regulating the state policy in the field
Hilton joins Travel Lab Asia, an initiative of the Asian Development Bank’s ADB Ventures and is supported by PATA and Plug and Play, as the newest sustainability partner.
Hilton Collaborates with Plug and Play, ADB Ventures, and PATA Read More »
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is set to organise the PATA Destination Marketing Forum 2020 (PDMF 2020) in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia from November 25 – 27.
PATA Destination Marketing Forum 2020 going to Kuching Read More »
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) welcomes today high profile tourism professionals worldwide to the PATA Destination Marketing Forum taking place at the Renaissance Pattaya Resort and Spa between 27 – 29 November, 2019.
TAT co-hosts PATA Destination Marketing Forum 2019 in Pattaya Read More »
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) announced that the PATA Adventure Travel Conference and Mart 2020 (ATCM 2020) will be held in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah at the Sutera Harbour Resort from February 12-14.
Malaysia to host PATA Adventure Travel Conference and Mart 2020 Read More »
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) announced the ratification of the 2019/2020 PATA Executive Board. Dr. Chris Bottrill, Dean of Fine and Applied Arts, and Director, International at Capilano University in North Vancouver, Canada and
Flori-Anne dela Cruz, youth representative to the Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) Board of Directors, is today named as the 2019 PATA Face of the Future. This is the most prestigious honour open to young tourism
The 12th PATAcademy-HCD workshop, under the theme ‘Chinese Outbound Tourism Market’, is set to take place at the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Engagement Hub in Bangkok, Thailand on July 1-2, 2019.
The Next PATAcademy-HCD in July To Focus on Chinese Outbound Tourism Market Read More »
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) will organize the PATA Destination Marketing Forum 2019 (PDMF 2019) in Pattaya, Thailand from November 27 – 29.
PATA Destination Marketing Forum 2019 to be held in Pattaya Read More »
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is set to organise PATA Travel Mart 2019 in Astana, Kazakhstan in September.
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and the People’s Government of Guilin, China held the 12th UNWTO/PATA Forum on Tourism Trends and Outlook on 25-27 October 2018.
The 12th UNWTO/PATA Forum Looks Into the Future of Tourism Read More »
