China ready for four International Tourism Expos in 2015
New Delhi, India: Year 2015 will bring thousands of international tour operators and practitioners to China as it is ready to host four International Tourism Expos.
The 6th China Guilin International Tourism Expo (CGITE), 12th Beijing International Tourism Expo (BITE), 2nd China Xi’an Silk Road International Tourism Expo (CXSRITE) and the 1st Chengdu International Tourism Expo (CITE) will be held in Guilin, Beijing, Xi’an and Chengdu respectively.
CGITE is launching its sixth edition in May, 12th BITE’will be in June, 2nd CXSRITE will be held in September and CITE’s 1st edition will be in December 2015.
Chinese tourism experts believe that above mentioned events are expected to bring forward new horizons for domestic and international tourism stakeholders looking to expand their business portfolios in China.
“These four international tourism exhibitions will be at the forefront, catering to the changing needs of industry stakeholders in the regions; especially with more Chinese from various regions traveling overseas for work and leisure purposes, there are ample opportunities for tourism-related businesses to flourish”, maintained Edward Liu, the Group Managing Director of Conference and Exhibition Management Services (CEMS) while announcing dates of events.
The reception for announcement of dates was attended by 137 representatives from various embassies, national tourism organizations (NTOs) and trade offices, as well as travel agencies, exhibition services providers and the media.
Representatives from the Beijing Municipal Commission of Tourism Development, Guilin Convention & Exhibition Bureau, Shaanxi Provincial Tourism Administration, Chengdu Municipal Tourism Administration and Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Exposition were also present to interact with fellow industry stakeholders and share with them the new developments of the provinces’ tourism and MICE industries.
