Abu Dhabi to host ‘Meet China’

In an effort to enhance its tourism numbers from China, Abu Dhabi will once again play host to a Chinese summit.

Formerly known as the Chinese Visitor Summit, the newly christened Meet China forum will take place from 31 August – 1 September 2015.

The forum will focus on travel industry professionals looking to capture more business from China. This event will attract representatives from hotels, travel agencies, tour operators, airlines and leisure and entertainment venues from the MENA region.

Backed by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), the event is being organised in association with Highway Tourism. As per statistics, the forum will aim to host 65 top-tier travel-buyers from mainland China and representatives from Taiwan.

In the first six months of this year, some 102,217 Chinese guests checked into Abu Dhabi’s hotels and hotel apartments which was a huge 72% jump on figures from January to June 2014. The Chinese guests delivered 148,842 guest nights, which was a leap of 41% year-on-year. The figures make China Abu Dhabi’s third largest overseas source market.