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NEWS AND NOTES ABOUT YOUR ASSOCIATION AND THE INDUSTRY
COMPILED BY PAT HENDERSON
Time for Tanzania
From June 1–9, the trip will take participating members to
a pair of UNESCO World Heritage sites: Serengeti National
Park in Olduvai Gorge and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
They’ll also interact with the locals in Arusha and visit Lake
Manyara. Along the way, they will see the region’s abundant
wildlife, which includes everything from elephants and lions
to rhinos and flamingos.
The trip, which is being organized by NTA-member Pongo
Safaris & Tours in conjunction with other tour companies in
Tanzania, is open to NTA tour operator members (one per
company). The cost to participate is $1,745 (does not include
TOURS
This June, NTA tour operators will have an opportunity to
experience the wild side of Tanzania as part of the Tanzania
Safari product development trip. This adventure will provide
participating operators with an extraordinary opportunity to
experience firsthand Tanzania’s rich culture while networking
with area suppliers.
airfare), and applicants must be approved by the hosting
partners. Space is extremely limited, and registrations must
be submitted by May 1 to NTA’s Dawn Pettus at dawn.pettus@
ntastaff.com.
For more information, go to ntaonline.com/events/
product-development-trips/tanzania-safari.
Canada’s record-setting tourism year
2017 was a big year for Canada. During its 150th
anniversary celebration last year, the North
American nation welcomed a record-breaking
number of visitors. According to preliminary data
from Statistics Canada, 20.8 million visitors helped
the country surpass the record set in 2002 by
almost a million.
“This is great news for our tourism sector, and
the more than 1.8 million jobs that depend on it,”
says the Honourable Bardish Chagger, minister of
small business and tourism and leader of the gov-
ernment in the House of Commons.
Since the previous mark was set in 2002, the
composition of tourists to Canada has changed sig-
nificantly. Overnight arrivals in 2017 from countries
other than the United States totaled an all-time high
of over 31 percent, up 19 percent from 2002. Canada
welcomed 14.3 million visitors from the U.S. last
year, which was a 3 percent year-over-year increase.
Let’s go to Charleston, y’all
NTA members will gather April 18–21 for
Contact ’18 in Charleston to partner, learn
and explore coastal South Carolina. Tour
operators and travel planners can visit
NTAonline.com/contact to sign up. Tour
suppliers, DMOs and associates can attend
by sponsoring; contact Laura McFadden
at [email protected] to find out more.
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April/May 2018
What: Contact ’18
When: April 18–21
Where: Embassy Suites
by Hilton Charleston
Airport Hotel
Web: NTAonline.com/
contact; #NTAcontact
Who: NTA tour operators and
travel planners. Tour suppli-
ers and DMOs can attend
this buyer-exclusive retreat
through sponsorship.
Why: Contact’s practical,
hands-on education encom-
passes the topics and issues
you need to tackle to move
your business forward. The
event’s intimate setting makes
it easy for suppliers and DMOs
to connect with key tour
operator decision-makers.
Registration: Only $245 at
NTAonline.com/contact