KOCHI: The Kerala Travel Mart (KTM-2016), the biennial B2B meeting organised by the Travel Mart Society in association with state Tourism Department, to be held in Kochi on September 27-30, will see participation from 57 countries and 20 states in the country. For the first time China, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and five more countries will attend the event. Mexico, Chile, Greece, Georgia, Iran and Bostwana are other first timers coming to KTM-2016.
The number of registered international delegates attending KTM 2016, to be inaugurated on World Tourism Day (September 27), has swelled to 560. Domestic participation has been buoyed as well with some 1,304 domestic buyers expected to participate this year, KTM Society President Abraham George said.
"The KTM has always placed emphasis on the identification of quality buyers from new countries while retaining participation from conventional markets. With 10 new nations confirmed to participate this year, our efforts have borne fruit," he said. "The increase in registrations from 10 conventional markets including United States, Canada and Australia is further proof of the KTM's growing profile," he added. An array of products, services and packages from around 261 sellers including hotels, resorts, houseboats, Ayurveda resorts, homestays and tour operators, will be showcased at the event.
