Yesterday Thursday, opened at the Messe Zurich in winter temperatures, the gates to the largest Swiss holiday fair Fespo. During four days, around 600 national and international exhibitors present the travel trends of the year 2019.
fair Director Stephan Amstad promised on the opening day, a diverse exhibition with new and exciting destinations and, above all, a lot of travel inspiration. Delighted Amstad showed that with Mongolia for the first time in ten years an Asian Destination as a host country could be obtained. The descendants of Genghis Khan thanked their host by flying 50 artists were, to the delight of the Fespo visitors with their performances.
Infinite beautiful landscapes
Thrilled by the travel country Mongolia Ruth Landolt, General Manager of the travel provider Asia365 is: “Mongolia is for those looking for the space and an experience away from the crowds.” In the adventure land of incredibly beautiful landscapes such as steppes, taiga that people or the Gobi desert, waiting “to be discovered”, but also horses and General animal lovers will delight in the country.
Although Mongolia is considered as a safe country to Travel in and the Locals are very hospitable, be friendly, and recommends Ruth Landolt, to always be with a tour guide. Since the Mongolia tourist was Spanish territory, could you not put too high demands on the infrastructure – “a night in a Yurt, but for everyone and in Particular for city children an unforgettable experience,” promises the Mongolia-specialist.
Swiss fly to Sri Lanka, families book early
As the Mongolia for the first Time also, countries like the Seychelles, Jamaica and Sri Lanka are represented at this year’s Fespo. “Sri Lanka is in addition to perennial Thailand as well as Vietnam and Japan this year, the trend destination in Asia,” weiss Heidi Brandi from the Asia specialist tour provider tour of Asia. Reasons for the Boom in order that Sri Lanka is today regarded as a safe country to Travel in and through its diversity of all target groups. “Sri Lanka offers nature, culture, tea plantations, good food, a varied animal world and now also beautiful beach resorts.” Due to its Size, the country is also suitable for travelers who only have two weeks of holidays.
On the Short – and medium-haul, the clear travel trends emerge, however, until after the holidays, trade fairs, says Walter Kunz, managing Director of the Swiss travel Association (SRV). A clear indication, however, “that families go to increasingly, travel agencies and summer and especially the autumn holidays in comparison to the previous years, already very early in the book.” As the reason for the increased return of the families to the Agency to Kunz’s called, among other things, the unpredictable geopolitical situation in the world, but also the Airline Groundings in the last two years had unsettled many travelers.
Good tourist news, meanwhile, of three in the case of the Swiss popular beach holiday destinations, reported: “surveys of our members have shown that Egypt, Turkey and Tunisia market to get shares, which they had lost in the geopolitically challenging previous years,” said Walter Kunz.
29. Fespo takes up on Sunday, may 3. February and is open daily from 10 to 18 o’clock. www.fespo.ch (red/travel content)
Created: 01.02.2019, 14:25 PM
