Bangkok: Asian Pacific is expected to set another record this year, with aggregage international visitor arrivals (IVAs) expected to approach 340 million by the end of 2006.

“More good news is that IVA growth is predicted to continue over the next three years until 2009,” said PATA Director-Strategic Interlligence Centre (SIC) Mr. John Koldowski. “However, it is likely to be at a far more moderate rate than in the recen past. “The SIC is now working with the noted econometricians Professor Lindsay Turner (Victoria University) and Professor Stephen Witt (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) on Asia Pacific travel forescasts until 2009. The professors are in Bangkok updating forecasts by origin-destination pairs for the years 2007, 2008 and 2009.

                                                                             (Source: Intermedia)