Wednesday, April 11, 2018
On Tuesday, the 10th Riyadh Travel Fair or RTF 2018 with the largest on record growth in terms of exhibitors and expected visitors was inaugurated at the Faisalia Hotel. Hamad Ali Al-Shuweir, vice chairman of the board of directors at the Riyadh Chamber inaugurated the annual fair as it will continue until Friday. To quote Sheikh Hafeez, sales and marketing director of ASAS Exhibition, the organizer of the event, told Arab News: “This year about 300 exhibitors from 55 countries are participating in the fair, which is a significant annual event where the world’s major travel and tourism companies gather under one roof.”
For the first time, the RTF is organizing the tourism boards of Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland. Also, Tanzania and Spain are making their debut at the fair as other tourism boards are also joining the event like the Czech Republic, Poland, Bosnia, Greece, Turkey, South Africa, Egypt and Tunisia. Hafeez explained that the RTF 2018 had powerful Middle East support, with almost 60 percent of exhibiting companies from the GCC region like Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority, the Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority, the Ministry of Tourism Bahrain and Oman Tourism.
In 2018, North and South East Asia will also be seen prominently, with the participation of Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore. “As we celebrate our 10th anniversary this year, the substantial growth in exhibitors underlines how RTF has firmly established itself as the leading industry event in the Kingdom,” said Hafeez. “The Kingdom’s outbound market continues to attract huge interest and we are delighted to see such levels of growth from various key markets at the show this year,” he said.
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