Riyadh Travel Fair 2018 sells out

Riyadh, Mar. 19 (BNA): Celebrating its 10th anniversary as "Saudi Arabia's Leading Travel Trade and Consumer Show", Riyadh Travel Fair 2018 (RTF) has completely sold out ahead of its milestone show this April, attributed to a tremendous surge in booth bookings from the global market, the exhibition’s organiser ASAS Exhibition said. RTF 2018 show holds its strong Middle East support with 60 per cent of exhibiting companies from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region including Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority as Strategic Partner, Government of Sharjah (Commerce & Tourism Development Authority), Bahrain Tourism Authority, Oman Tourism. RTF 2018 will feature many new travel trade and consumer show items. For the first time this year, RTF 2018 will host Scandinavian tourism boards such as Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland as well as Greece, among others. Tanzania and Spain will make their debut at RTF 2018 this year, joining other European and African tourism boards including Czech Republic, Poland, Bosnia, Greece, Turkey, South Africa, Egypt and Tunisia. While Asian markets appear to increase its presence in this year’s show floor, North and South East Asia will feature prominently during RTF 2018 with the participation of Japan, Korea, The 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 country. The KSA 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. As early as now, we are accepting bookings for the 2019 show," said Shaikh Hafeez, Director of Sales and Marketing, ASAS Exhibition, organiser of RTF. The show, on April 10-13, is open to both travel professionals and the general public looking for destination information and special deals.