Date: 22 January 2013
FATA on recruitment drive for larger global presence.
THE Federation of ASEAN Travel Associations (FATA) wants to
expand its membership base to cover Asia-Pacific in order to play a more
effective role on the global platform. However, for that to happen, FATA will
first have to garner support from other travel associations in the region.
Its president, Mohd
Khalid Harun, said he would go to Japan at the end of this month to meet
with counterparts there, before proceeding to do the same in China. “We have to
go country by country to promote the idea and get support.”
Khalid explained:
“(We) are small, with only 10 members. We want to create a bigger
association comprising members from Asia-Pacific in order to be a strong global
player and to make decisions on travel
(consultant)-related issues affecting the Asia-Pacific region.”
As for coming up against the region’s other established
association, he said FATA’s concept and reach would differ from PATA’s, “as we
will focus solely on issues concerning travel and tour operators in the
Asia-Pacific”. “If all goes well, we hope to form the Asia-Pacific Travel
Association in a year’s time.”
By S Puvaneswary, reporting from ASEAN Tourism Forum
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