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Win Some, Lose Some PATA Travel Mart September 20, 2019 PATA ATCM Win some, lose some heads to Sabah Amid a protracted trade war with the US, the impacts of Chinese tourists’ Sabah is keen to showcase its abundance reduced appetite for travel spending is playing out across Asia differently of culture and nature offerings to the trade when the PATA Adventure Travel By Prudence Lui and Rachel AJ Lee Shane Wang, project manager of overseas “Their economies have slowed down Conference and Mart 2020 (ATCM 2020) The Sino-US trade war and a weaker yuan destination marketing, Tongcheng-Elong after the Chinese switched to less expen- takes place in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah next have put a damper on outbound travel Holdings. sive destinations like the Philippines and year, announced Iskandar Mirza Mohd from China, as Chinese travellers turn to- And since groups cannot be sent to Vietnam,” he added. Yusof, senior director of corporate com- wards domestic travel or more value-for- Hong Kong due to protests, Wang’s com- The Philippines and Malaysia, mean- munication division – Tourism Malaysia, money destinations in South-east Asia. pany sends groups to Macau instead, while, appear to reap the benefits of Chi- at PATA Travel Mart 2019 yesterday. Guangdong Qiyouji International though as a mono destination now. Chi- nese’ reduced appetite for longhaul travel. Marking the first time the ATCM is Travel Service’s marketing and partner- nese OTAs such as Ctrip.com are also For instance, China has now risen to hosted in Malaysia, Iskandar is hopeful ship director, Anson Neo, cited the ap- pushing a twinning of China and Macau, the second biggest inbound market for that the event will bring greater media preciating US dollar as one of the reasons as they celebrate their respective mile- the country, according to Monina Valdez, publicity to Malaysia as a destination for why Chinese are skipping longhaul travel. stone anniversaries this year. market specialist ASEAN and the Pacific adventure travel and sustainable tourism, “The overall economy has been af- division at the Philippines’ Tourism Pro- while giving a boost to the Visit Malaysia fected by the trade war, bringing about a motions Board. 2020 campaign. weaker Chinese currency. Clients believe “There are no signs of this market The three-day niche event, which will that it will cost more to travel longhaul, slowing down. Even when Boracay was be held at the Sutera Harbour Resort from but domestic travel or trips within Asia (With a weaker cur- closed (a favourite destination for the February 12-14, 2020, is hosted by Tour- still remain affordable,” he shared. Chinese), agents in the Philippines could ism Malaysia in partnership with Sabah Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines and rency), clients believe still direct them to Palawan, Cebu and Tourism Board and Malaysia Airlines. Thailand remain popular destinations, Bohol (as opposed to losing the business Bringing together tourism profession- said Neo, with the falling yuan affecting that it will cost more entirely),” added Valdez. als in adventure travel and responsible the luxury sector less as high-end travel- From January to July 2019, the Philip- tourism, the one-day conference is de- lers still willing to pay for longhaul trips. to travel longhaul, but pines welcomed around one million Chi- signed to support PATA’s vision for the re- An anonymous buyer from a China- nese visitors, a 35.6 per cent spike year- sponsible development of tourism, while based OTA, however, offers a more de- domestic travel or trips on-year from 766,079 in 2018. the one-day travel mart helps pro- pressing outlook of the Chinese out- Olivia Ooi, senior vice president desti- mote, build and strengthen busi- bound market amid the volatile economy. within Asia still remain nation sales & marketing at Desaru Coast, ness and networks for delegates. He elaborated: “I’ve heard that many affordable. in Johor, notices that the Malaysian inte- Noredah Othman, general people have cancelled their longhaul grated resort tends to draw the more af- director – Sabah Tourism Board, trips, or cut the frequency down to one Anson Neo, marketing and partnership fluent Chinese with the presence of in- shared that sustainability and or two (a year). Nearby protest-hit Hong director, Guangdong Qiyouji International ternational branded properties like Hard conservation have always Kong is no longer a safe destination, and Travel Service Rock and The Westin within its premises. been top priorities for the many charter flights have ceased. As a “We’re still a new destination, but the state, with existing wildlife result, travellers find it expensive to fly Chinese market has been growing for us rehabilitation centres like out, and are switching to domestic travel, Meanwhile, Thailand-based 500 Rai year-on-year, alongside other markets like Sepilok, as well as the gov- which explains why self-drive products in Resorts & Tours’ managing director Ati- India and Hong Kong. To capture more ernment’s push to increase China have surged 30 per cent.” rat Danphattharaworawat, has noted a of the Chinese market, we’ve been partici- the number of marine na- Although the uncertain economy has drop in Chinese visitors to both Phuket pating in roadshows, as well as conduct- tional parks in the country. not led to an obvious decline in his busi- and Krabi, as both destinations focus on ing our own sales mission in China,” Ooi ness, the pace of growth has dropped, said drawing mass-market Chinese. shared. Noredah: great opportunity PATA_TravelDaily_Ad_FA_PATHED.pdf 1 8/20/19 11:01 AM C M Y CM MY CY CMY K 20.09.2019 TTG Show Daily PATA Travel Mart 2 Gallery Big smiles all around By Yingyong Unanongrak Sunway Lagoon Malaysia’s Garry Loke and KC Chew, and Sun- way Hotels and Resorts UAE’s Faizal Iskandar Ghazali Palau Visitors Authority’s Alessa Aguon, Yumie Morishita and Kadoi Ruluked The Marianas Visitors Authority’s Priscilla M Iakopo Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Nimitdee Sripong (third from left) and team Hong Kong Tourism Board’s Gloria Fung, iVenture Card Hong Kong’s Nicky Kwok, Elite Hong Kong Travel’s Yulia Potselouiko, C & A Tours Hong Kong’s Anatoly Rumyantsev, ATI Travel Hong Kong’s Richard Woss, Hong Kong Tourism Board’s Olivia Wan, Ngong Ping 360 Hong Kong’s Angela C Sue, and Jebsen Holidays Hong Kong’s Alan Wu Ministry of Tourism India’s Jaya Dubey and Ajit Pal Singh Thumbs up from Macao Government Tourism Office Tourism Malaysia’s Iskandar Mirza Mohd Yusof (with red tie) and team The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Nur-Sultan’s Indri Wahyu Susanti (third from right) Forte Hotel Group Taiwan’s Benjamin Liao (fourth from left), PATA Chinese Taipei’s Stephen Chang (centre), and Taiwan Tourism KidZania Kuala Lumpur’s Wan Mahsuri W A Kamal, Bureau Singapore’s Trust HJ Lin (fourth from right), alongside the Desaru Coast Malaysia’s Olivia Ooi and Tourism Tourism Promotions Board Philippines’ show team Taiwan delegation Malaysia’s Iskandar Mirza Mohd Yusof 20.09.2019 TTG Show Daily PATA Travel Mart 4 Gallery Fresh opportunities By Yingyong Unanongrak EDITORIAL Karen Yue Group Editor Xinyi Liang-Pholsena Editor, TTG Asia S Puvaneswary Editor, Malaysia/Brunei Mimi Hudoyo Editor, Indonesia Pamela Chow Reporter, Singapore Rachel AJ Lee, Cheryl Ong Sub Editors Yingyong Unanongrak Photographer Redmond Sia, Goh Meng Yong Creative Designers Lina Tan Editorial Assistant CONTRIBUTORS Adelaine Ng, Caroline Boey, Julian Ryall, Kathryn Wortley, Marissa Carruthers, Prudence Lui, Rosa Ocampo, Suchat Sritama SALES & MARKETING Pierre Quek Publisher and Head Integrated Solutions Chimmy Tsui Publisher and Head Integrated Solutions (China) Ar-lene Lee Senior Business Manager Jonathan Yap Senior Business Manager Shirley Tan Senior Business Manager Air Astana Kazakhstan’s Peter Foster and Richard Ledger Taiwan Tourism Bureau Singapore’s Trust HJ Lin Cheryl Lim Advertisement Administration Manager Cheryl Tan Corporate Marketing Manager Chelsea Huang Marketing Executive PUBLISHING SERVICES Jonathan Wan Head, Operational Support Services Kun Swee Qi Publishing Services Executive Nur Hazirah Web Executive Katherine Leong Circulation Executive TTG ASIA MEDIA Darren Ng Managing Director Black iBex Expeditions Mongolia’s Dalaikhishig For sales & marketing enquires, please contact Tsogtsaikhan [email protected] The Jayakarta Lombok’s Cherry Abdul Hakim and Operadora Transmundi Brazil’s Jayakarta Hotels & Resorts Indonesia’s Deddi Setiadi Miguel Andrade Avis Budget Group Singapore’s Ellysa Lim, Anthony Tours & Travel Agency Brunei’s Anthony Lim, and Avis Budget Group PATA Thailand’s Mario Hardy and Korea Tourism Organizations’ Jang You Hyun and Phil-Sang Esprit D’Aventure Canada’s Ariane Singapore’s Angeline Tang Chris Bottrill Sung (middle two) and team Arpin-Delorme SHOWFLOOR OPENS FOR BUSINESS PTM 2019 officially opens with a ribbon-cutting ceremony graced by PATA’s Chris Bottrill, Nur-Sultan City’s Altay Kulgi- nov, Kazakhstan Ministry of Culture and Sports’ Bakytzhan Temirbolat, PATA’s Mario Hardy, and Air Astana’s Peter Foster, as a local group of boys playing dombras (a two-stringed instrument) and towering giants add to the show’s resplendent display of Kazakh culture. 18.09.2019 TTG Show Daily PATA Travel Mart 5 Report Tours & activities See the world in 45 unique ways From discovering a place like a local to offering out- of-the-world views, these 45 travel products are redefining Asia’s experiences supply in creative ways 11 1. 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