23rd World Travel Monitor® Forum in Pisa.ITB World Travel Trends Report forecasts rising figures for world tourism. Germany remains world champion for outbound trips.Latest surveys by the IPK World Travel Monitor® published exclusively by ITB Berlin.Worldwide economic factors along with the refugee crisis in Europe are impacting very differently on the global tourism industry. The overall trend remains satisfying, however, and 2015 has been another good year for world tourism.

To promote Taiwan as an ideal Asian destination for incentive travel and meetings, Taiwan Tourism Bureau successively participated for the first time in IMEX America, the America’s worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, meetings and events held in Las Vegas with results beyond expectation.In addition to IMEX America, Taiwan Tourism Bureau also organized strong MICE team to participate in the meetings and incentives exhibitions in Australia, Thailand, and Germany.

Turkish Airlines Extends “Turkish Airlines Open” Sponsorship for three more years.
The prestigious golf tournamet is organized third time this year sponsored by Turkish Airlines. 78 golf players contest for 7 million dollar prize in the tournament since the year of 2012 in Belek of Antalya city.

International tourist arrivals up 4% driven by strong results in Europe- International tourist arrivals grew by 4.3% in the first eight months of 2015 according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, fuelled by strong results in Europe and consolidating the trend of recent years. International tourists (overnight visitors) travelling the world between January and August 2015 reached 810 million, 33 million more than in the same period of 2014.

Destination branding, the Silk Road and young Asian tourism, addressed at the UNWTO activities in the World Travel Market. The first activity of UNWTO at this year World Travel Market is the 9th UNWTO/WTM Minister’s Summit to be held on 3rd November. Under the title ‘Destination branding: new challenges in a changing market’, the Summit will focus on the impact of social media and new business models in destination branding.

Japan, Asia’s Number 1 Destination For International Meetings, Showcased Seven Upcoming MICE Cities During Singapore Roadshow. Chiba, Hiroshima, Matsue, Niigata, Okayama, Okinawa and Sapporo were the seven upcoming Japanese MICE cities that the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) showcased at their 2nd annual roadshow in Singapore.