International Travel Week Abu Dhabi announces sports tourism show
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International Travel Week Abu Dhabi (ITW Abu Dhabi), the only global platform addressing key tourism niche markets such as halal, medical, shopping, and family-friendly sector, will launch the inaugural ‘World Sports Tourism Summit’ as part of the week-long event.
Sports tourism is one of the world’s fastest growing sectors of the global travel industry, worth $600 billion a year with an annual growth rate of 6%.
According to the UNWTO, sports tourism accounts for 25% of global travel and tourism receipts with more than 76% of sports travellers attending a sporting event as the primary purpose of a trip.
The World Sports Tourism Summit will provide a platform for international experts, buyers and sellers of sporting destinations, products and services and matches buyers and sellers, as part of its unique hosted buyer programme.
ITW Abu Dhabi takes place from November 25 to 28, 2017, at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) and aims to attract more than 6,000 global travel professionals.
The four-day event will play host to seven distinct travel and tourism elements simultaneously and will include the World Halal Tourism Summit, the World Halal Tourism Awards, the World Medical Tourism Summit, World Shopping Tourism Summit, World Sports Tourism Summit, Ministerial Forum and Family Vacation Show.
Confirmed participants for ITW Abu Dhabi includes Accor Hotels, Bangladesh Tourism Board, Dinar Standard, Etihad Airways, HCA Healthcare, Holiday Bosnia, Jannah Hotels, Marjan Island Resort & Spa, Sofyan Hospitality, Sri Lanka Ecotourism Foundation, Swiss Medical Network, Turkey Health Tourism Association, Thomson Reuters, VPS Healthcare, the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority and Wonderful Indonesia, the 2017 headline Sponsor.
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