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ITB Berlin the trendsetter in the gay and lesbian travel market

ITB Berlin the trendsetter in the gay and lesbian travel market

12 September 2011 Press Release Travel Events News

ITB, the leading travel trade show, is stepping up its activities in the market for gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender tourism. Only recently, ITB Berlin became the first tourism trade fair to gain a seat on the supervisory board of the International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA).

Asia outbound travel market grows 17%

Asia outbound travel market grows 17%

30 August 2011 Press Release Travel Events News Tourism News

The volume of foreign travel from Asia’s three main travel nations, China, Japan and South Korea,  is growing again. Following a nine per cent decline due to the crises in 2009,  in 2010 foreign travel from Asia increased by 17 per cent. This represents a total volume of 128 million individual journeys. Asia’s share of foreign travel now accounts for 18 per cent of the world total.

ITB Berlin reports boom in sports tourism

Sporting holidays are destined to become a winning trend, according to the latest research from ITB Berlin. According to the latest survey of the World Travel Monitor, over the last five years there has been a double-digit increase in sporting holidays among European tourists, which has even overtaken cruises, which five years ago ranked ahead of sporting holidays.

ITB Berlin 2011: Increased numbers of international buyers boost world’s leading market place

ITB Berlin 2011: Increased numbers of international buyers boost world’s leading market place

Approx. 170,000 visitors at the world’s leading trade show for the international travel industry – Orders with a volume in excess of six billion euros and a good mood among exhibitors – Over 40 per cent of buyers from abroad – Record attendance at ITB Berlin Convention – Some 7,000 journalists from 94 countries accredited