Beijing International Tourism Expo 2011 took place between 17 – 19 June 2011. 790 exhibitors from more than 80 countries and destinations attended this expo.
China and Asia's leading tourism event
Beijing International Tourism Expo 2011, popularly known as BITE was successfully held 17 – 19 June 2011.
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The opening ceremony of BITE 2011 |
BITE 2011 packs in an enormous showcase of tourism destinations and attractions as well as travel-related goods and services providers set at full throttle in the Chinese tourism market.
Bhutan,
Brunei,
Canada and other 9 countries join this fair for the first time.
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The stand of CBN and WTO attracted many travel
professionals and Chinese visitors alike. |
Staff of CBN Travel & MICE introduced many new products
and services to Chinese tour operators. |
China Business Network and
World Travel Online as a long time partner of BITE were invited to participate as a supporter again. During the BITE staff of CBN and WTO promoted many destinations and recommended incoming service providers to the outbound travel trade and thousands of Chinese visitors as well. The recommended destinations and incoming service providers are:
Argentina Instituto Nacional de Promoción Turística,
Ariau Amazon Towers,
Barbados Tourism Authority,
Berlin Bären Stadtrundfahrt GmbH,
British Museum,
Calamidoro Hotel - Regione Toscana City of Pisa,
Chamonix Mont-Blanc Tourist Office,
Chile Tourism Board,
Congress Canada,
Costas Galicia,
Croatian National Tourist Board,
Jordan Tourism Board,
Jamaica Tourism Board,
Jane Austen Centre,
Jolley's Travel & Cruises,
London Luxury,
Marqués de Riscal,
Mcarthurglen Group,
Mitoni Africa Safaris,
Nuann Greenland,
Quimbaya International,
Tanzania Tourist Board,
The Turks and Caicos Tourist Board,
Tourism Council of Bhutan, and many more as featured on
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Tunisia, an surprising destination in North Africa |
Brunei caught eyeballs of many Chinese visitors |
Apart from tourism destination promotion authorities 33 travel companies brought the value of over million qualified travel products and services to the fair that covered destinations from all over the world. Based on the data released by travel companies thirteen thousand visitors bought products and services worthy 33.5 million RMB. Hosted buyers and exhibitors made potential deals worthy 3.1 billion Yuan which represents an increase of 30% than last year.
Relevant news in Chinese:
2011北京国际旅游博览会吸引观众14万,意向成交31亿元