Saturday, February 28, 2015

Number of visitors to the Lisbon Tourism Exchange grows 8 … – LUSA

Number of visitors to the Lisbon Tourism Exchange grows 8 … – LUSA

The 27th edition of the Lisbon Tourism Fair (BTL) increased by 8% in the number of professional visitors, to more than 30 thousand, today announced the organization.

In a statement, Director of FIL fairgrounds and responsible for BTL said that the professional side in this year, which lasted three days and ended on Friday,” exceeded expectations both in the number of professional or meetings held. “

In total, he said,” about three thousand meetings were realized. “

On the second day of the event,” had already exceeded the record meetings held in 2013, when there were 2,400 meetings, “he added.

In previous statements to Lusa, the organization of BTL had stated that foresaw receive this year about 400 foreign tour operators invited to know Portugal, which then sell the destination in the respective countries

Fátima Vila Maior had indicated Lusa that the investment in the coming of these operators, known in the industry as ‘hosted buyers’, involved about 500 thousand euros shared between the organization of BTL and several partner organizations, including the airline TAP and Portuguese operators and hotels.

The next edition of BTL will take place between 2:06 de March 2016, and should enhance the bet, either on the professional side, or in the weekend audience.

“The program ‘hosted buyers’ [invited tour operators] will continue to be one of the focuses of the organizing committee of the BTL 2016,” pointed out the responsible.

“The innovation of this year to include a specific area targeted for Brazil went quite well. Of the total of about 400 ‘hosted buyers’ present in BTL, 75 were Brazilian companies and were very satisfied with the results. We had three days completely filled with international buyers of meetings around the world, “concluded Fátima Vila Maior.

ALU / (IYS) // CSJ

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