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MATATO signs up as Associate Partner for TTM Fair

  • Aim to bring in two million tourists
  • TTM will be held next year
  • 100 resorts participating in Fair

Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO) has signed up as the Associate Partner of the Travel Trade Maldives (TTM) fair, organized by PR firm Maldives Getaways.

Fair organizers reported that MATATO had signed up as the Associate Partner of the first international tour fair in the country. TTM will be held in July in Dharubaaruge.

The fair which targets to bring in two million tourists in the next four years and increase earnings to US$ 3.5 billion, will see 150 travel agents, 100 resort and tourist hotel owners, 50 journalists and PR firms attending the fair.

While this fair will be held next year, recently the Guesthouse Conference also convened with 160 guesthouse owners to discuss on the challenges facing the sector.