Famous Tourism Trade Fairs in China

In China, every year, many tourism trade fairs and tourism expos are held in big cities to promote tourism development, and they usually lasts for several days, and have seminars and meetings for exhibitors, and tour exhibition and art performances for buyers and public. Those tourism trade fairs and expos offer great platforms for travel agencies and travel-related companies to exhibit tour destinations, tour packages, and tour activities, and also tour culture, and it is a golden opportunity for buyer and public to know much more information about tour and make tour plans Here are some famous tourism trade fairs for you.

Reading Guideline:
 

• Table of Famous Tourism Trade Fairs & Expos in China
   
• International Travel Expo Hong Kong
   
• Guangzhou International Travel Fair 
   
• China International Travel Mart
   
• Beijing International Tourism Expo
   

Table of Famous Tourism Trade Fairs & Expos

International Travel Expo Hong Kong

City: Hong Kong
When: May
Venue: Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) Hall 1

Chinese Name: 香港国际旅游博览会

International Travel Expo Hong Kong is held annually since 2006. International Travel Expo Hong Kong is the only one travel expo in Hong Kong, covering leisure travel, MICE travel (meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition) and theme travel. It is usually held for 4 days in Hong Kong. The first two days are for travel agencies and the last two days are available for the public to visit. In the two days for travel agencies, there would be decades of conferences and seminars, while in the days for public, there would be over one hundred travel lectures and performances. Since its establishment, International Travel Expo Hong Kong attracts hundreds of exhibiting companies from decades of countries and regions to exhibit their tourism resources and tour specialties,  and hundreds of thousands of people  would go to visit the expo and get information about travel.

This travel expo offers a great platform for participants to travel tourist products. The exhibition covers a wide range, like museums, theme parks, airlines, business and incentive travel, conference facilities, cruise, cultural and environmental protection activities, youth travel, scuba diving, skiing, outdoor activities, ground transportation, health, food and wine, hotels, resorts, spas, golf holiday, the industry of information technology products, travel insurance and finance, national and regional tourism, tourism association, travel agencies, industry publications, media, tourism training and other travel related products and service.

How to get to Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre(HKCEC)
 

Airport to HKCEC

Option 1: take a taxi there.

Option 2: take Airport ExpressTrain to Hong Kong Station, then transfer to shuttle bus Line H1 to the HKCEC.

Option 3: take airport bus A12, get off at Immigration Tower stop, then walk about 10 minutes to HKCEC.
 

Lo Wu control point to HKCEC

After getting out from Lo Wu control point to HKCEC, walk to Lo Wu metro. First take Lo Wu line and get off at Kowloon Tong station, second, transfer to Kwun Tong line and get off at Prince Edward station, third, take Tsuen Wan line and get off at Admiralty station, fourth, take Island line and get off at Wan Chai station, then walk for about 300 meters.
 

Huanggang port to HKCEC

Take a bus from Huanggang port to Wan Chai, and get off at HKCEC.

 

Guangzhou International Travel Fair (GITF)

City: Guangzhou
Time: Feb. or Mar.
Venue: China Import and Export Commodities Fair Exhibition Hall Area C

Chinese Name: 广州国际旅游展览会

Guangzhou International Travel Fair(GITF) is held annually since 1993, and it is the earliest travel fair in China mainland. With many years’ development, this travel fair has griped the most attention from home and abroad and has become a large-scale international professional tourist exhibition focusing on the outbound tour, inbound tour and MICE travel (meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition). GITF takes the foothold in China's largest tourist market – Guangdong. It helps to expand both China tourist market for overseas travel agencies and the international market for domestic travel agencies. Every year, it attracts a large number of exhibitors from tourism industry, including tourist administrations and various tour-related companies.

Guangzhou International Travel Fair has several exhibition halls, and provides much exhibition booths for exhibitors. Exhibitions cover inbound and outbound travel agencies, hotels, tourist attractions and theme parks, airlines and aviation alliance, touring car, car rental, cruise, incentive travel, tourism education and training related services, souvenirs manufactures and dealer and electronic tourist business enterprise, etc.

How to get to China Import and Export Commodities Fair Exhibition Hall( Pazhou Exhibition Center)

From Guangzhou Railway Station to China Import and Export Commodities Fair Exhibition Hall

Option 1: by subway. First, take subway line 2 from Guangzhou Railway Station metro, get off at Changgang station. Second,  transfer to subway line 8, get off at Pazhou station. Third, walk about 1000 meters.

Option 2: by public bus. First, take B2 public bus and get off at brt Tangxia village. Second, walk about 200 meters to brt Tangxia village bus stop and take B7 public bus and get off at Exhibition Center bus stop. Third, walk about 250 meters to Pazhou Exhibition Center.

From Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to China Import and Export Commodities Fair Exhibition Hall

First, walk to the airport metro, take metro line 3 north extension(airport line), get off at Tiyu Xilu station. Second, transfer to metro line 3 and get off at Kecun station. Third, take metro Line 8, and get off at Pazhou station.

 

China International Travel Mart

City: Shanghai or Kunming
Date: Middle of November
Venue: Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) or Kunming International Convention and Exhibition Center

Chinese Name: 中国国际旅游交易会

China International Travel Mart (CITM for short) is a largest annual professional travel mart in Asia and  is held in Kunming and Shanghai alternately since 2001. It has drawn the attention of people in the tourism industry all over the world, to exchange tourism business and discuss the progress in tourism industry. The travel mart lasts for several days. In the exhibition, there would be seminars and lectures about tourism and tourism development. Exhibitors would have news conference, art performance, and sales promotion to present their tour products. And the public are welcomed to participate in the last two days.

From Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Shanghai New International Expo Centre

Take subway line 2 from Terminal 2, get off at Longyang station, then walk about 800 meters.

From Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Shanghai New International Expo Centre

First, walk to the Pudong international airport metro, take metro line 2 east extension and get off at Guanglianlu station. Second, transfer to metro line 2, and get off at Longyang station, then walk about 800 meters.

 

Beijing International Tourism Expo(BITE)

City: Beijing
Date: June
Venue: China National Convention Centre

Chinese Name: 北京国际旅游博览会

Beijing International Tourism Expo(BITE) is  held annually since 2004, and lasts for three days. It is  an important and influential platform for tourism networking and business transactions. It is a ideal venue for the international showcase of destinations, tourism attractions, travel packages, products and services. BITE is not only an exhibition for traditional tourism resources, but also for new tourism resources, like travel planning, special towns, cultural travel, outdoor travel, etc.

It invites exhibitors from all over the world, tens of thousands of buyers and public to participate the exhibition, uses B2B and B2C modes to promote transactions, and sets up exhibition area and negotiation area for exhibitors, buyers, and public. The exhibiting companies would exhibit their tour packages, have spot transaction, and promote sales by sending coupons and membership cards. For exhibitors, there would be forum meetings and seminars for industrial communication.

From Beijing Capital International Airport to China National Convention Center

Get to Terminal 2, take Airport Express to Sanyuanqiao, then walk to Sanyuanqiao metro. Second, take subway line 10 to Beitucheng station. Third, transfer to subway line 8 and get off at Olympic park station, then walk about 350 meters to China National Convention Center.

From Beijingnan Railway Station to China National Convention Center

First, go to the metro, take subway line 4 and get off at Xuanwu men station. Second, transfer to subway line 2, get off at Gulou dajie station. Third, transfer to subway line 8, and get off at Olympic park station, then walk about 350 meters to China National Convention Center.