Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators, MATATO, hosts another destination stand for Maldives at the India International Travel Mart 2018, the Bangalore Edition hosted in Bangalore, India from 27- 29th July 2018.
India International Travel Mart, established in 1998 is today one of India’s leading travel and tourism events. The event shall see tourism boards from India and abroad, airlines and cruise liners, travel agents and tour operators, online travel portals, hotels and resorts, Travel – media and others using the event to display and market their product range.
Bangalore is one of the fastest growing cities in the Asia Pacific region and has emerged as one of India’s fastest growing outbound markets in the country. Bangalore has also emerged as among the top five generators of tourists within the country for more than five years. With the emergence of a high technology and a highly paid workforce, Bangalore is one of the highest spenders on leisure and corporate travel.
10 Maldivian companies are featured at this event which marks the 4th travel trade event for this year, hosted by MATATO in India under Indian Market Strategy initiative – an exclusive destination marketing campaign that aims to attract 100,000 tourists from India by the end of 2018. Under this initiative MATATO has so far staged travel trade events in major Indian metropolises, Including Delhi and Mumbai. In May 2018 MATATO hosted an exclusive destination showcase event for Maldives in Mumbai.
In addition to the Bangalore Exhibition Simultaneously MATATO also simultaneously hosted a destination showcase in Colombo, Sri Lanka in association with High Rise Maldives. Hosted at Taj Samuddra Colombo. This event was scheduled from 26th and 27th July 2018.
