Good news for travel goods shopping enthusiasts！The 4th Beijing International Travel Merchandise Expo, hosted by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Tourism Development, will grandly open from October 24 to 26 at the China International Exhibition Center (Old Venue). The exhibition area covers 45,000 square meters. Hall A of Pavilion 1 features the Beijing Theme Pavilion, Hall B showcases the Provincial and Municipal Theme Pavilion, Pavilion 2 hosts the International Travel Goods Theme Pavilion, Pavilion 3 presents the Self-Drive Travel Theme Pavilion, Pavilion 4 offers the Tea Culture Tourism Theme Pavilion, Pavilion 5 displays the Museum Derivatives Theme Pavilion, and Pavilion 6 includes the Travel Eco-Toilets and Outdoor RV Exhibition Area. Exhibitors from 56 countries and regions including the United States and South Korea, 16 provinces and municipalities across the country, as well as over a thousand high-quality enterprises from 14 districts and counties in Beijing will attend, offering a wide range of popular goods that let you shop the world without leaving the country！Experience the ultimate thrill of global shopping without going abroad！
A Carnival for Self-Drive Enthusiasts
With travel market prices dropping after National Day, now is the perfect time to equip or maintain your vehicle, or book your next trip. Many self-drive enthusiasts have pre-booked tickets and plan to visit the “Self-Drive Travel Theme Exhibition” at the Beijing Travel Merchants Expo, hoping to find some great deals.
The Self-Drive Travel Theme Pavilion is divided into six major exhibition areas: automobiles, equipment, scenic camping, clubs, services, and media. It will showcase off-road vehicles, travel vehicles, and modified cars from well-known domestic and international companies, as well as auto accessories, outdoor travel gear, and a full range of self-drive travel products including car rental, chauffeur services, hotels, insurance, maintenance, detailing, beauty services, and APP-based support. For example, China Car Rental (神州租车) will launch a promotion offering the first ride free with 50 yuan off plus a 200 yuan airport pick-up and drop-off gift package, aiming to deliver better travel services to visitors.
Twenty tourism clubs have been invited to exhibit. In addition to introducing unique self-drive routes such as the “10-Day Self-Drive Tour of Pure New Zealand,” “Explore Egypt: Self-Drive Across the Sahara Desert,” and the “11-Day Christmas Shopping Trip along the U.S. West Coast Loop,” they will also host on-site activities including travel fee reductions of 500, 1,000, or even 5,000 yuan, and WeChat giveaways, all designed to ignite the excitement of self-drive enthusiasts.
Tea Culture Tourism: A One-Stop Experience of Sightseeing, Leisure, and Shopping
Nowadays, holiday travel has shifted from traditional sightseeing to a more integrated model of sightseeing and leisure. “Tea Culture Tourism” products, which offer a one-stop experience of tea garden tours, scenic leisure, and tea gift shopping, are highly favored by tourists and are one of the highlights of this expo.
The expo will gather tea estates, tea hotels, tea museums, and specialty teahouses from across the country, covering 1,400 key tea-producing counties, tea enterprises, and tea ware organizations, integrating tea culture into every aspect of dining, accommodation, transportation, entertainment, and shopping. Concurrent events such as the Tea Region Tourism Development Project Investment Promotion Fair and offline experiences for micro-tea business entrepreneurs will allow visitors to experience the charm of “tea culture” tourism firsthand.
At the “2015 International Tea Tourism Exchange Conference” held during the expo, representatives from the National Tourism Administration, the Regional Tourism Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Sri Lanka Tea Board, and multiple tea culture tourism-related enterprises will attend. Focusing on the theme “One Tea Trip, A Lifetime of Consumption,” discussions will cover topics such as “Analysis and Outlook of Domestic Tea Tourism,” “The Development Process of Tea Tourism in Sri Lanka,” “Comprehensive Development of Tea Museum Tourism Resources,” and “The Transformation Journey of Laoshe Teahouse.”
Tackling the Toilet Trouble for Tourists, the Expo Boosts the “Travel Toilet Revolution”
Since August this year, when the State Council issued the “Several Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Further Promoting Tourism Investment and Consumption,” which proposed building or renovating 57,000 travel toilets nationwide within three years, a “Travel Toilet Revolution” has swept across the country.
In response to the national call, this year’s Travel Merchants Expo specially features a “Travel Eco-Toilet Theme Exhibition.” Several mobile toilet companies, including Shanghai Huajie Ecological Environment Engineering, Beijing Lanjieshi Technology, Hangzhou Chenji Residential Construction Technology, and Beijing Kejie Sunshine Environmental Technology, will make appearances. Among them are well-known, high-quality companies that have served at events like the Shanghai World Expo, the Miss Tourism World competition, and the Beijing Olympics, and possess multiple patented technologies. The exhibition will display the latest technologies and various types of mobile and eco-toilets for travel use, and provide on-site consultations for comprehensive solutions regarding the design, production, transportation, installation, and operation management of mobile toilets in tourist areas.
During the expo, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Tourism Development, the Tianjin Municipal Tourism Administration, and the Hebei Provincial Tourism Administration will jointly host the “Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Travel Toilet Construction and Development Forum and Government & Scenic Area Toilet Procurement Project Release,” providing a procurement matchmaking platform for local tourism bureaus and scenic area units with high-quality mobile toilet equipment and solution suppliers from across the country.
Travel Goods from 56 Countries on Display in Beijing – Shop the World Without Leaving Home
From exquisite handicrafts and carpets from Isfahan, Iran; Himalayan lamb wool shawls, Buddha statues, accessories, jewelry, and thangkas with strong local cultural characteristics from the Nepalese delegation; seafood, imported snacks, organic food, skincare products, and bags and clothing from the Hong Kong delegation; to carefully selected travel souvenirs, folk gifts, ornaments, Lunar New Year gifts, and cultural treasures such as purple clay, rosewood, and ceramics from various provinces and cities in China, as well as products from time-honored Beijing brands…
At this Travel Merchants Expo, exhibitors from 56 countries and regions including the United States, South Korea, Japan, Germany, South Africa, Iran, Laos, Pakistan, Nepal, and Hong Kong will bring a dazzling array of travel goods, each with distinctive local and exotic cultural features. The desire to shop the world without leaving the country can be fulfilled in one stop at the “International Goods Shopping Street Theme Exhibition Area” at the Beijing Travel Merchants Expo!
Meanwhile, the award ceremony for the 2015 “Beijing Gift” Travel Goods Competition will also be held at this expo. Contest entries, mainly featuring intangible cultural heritage craft experiences and consumer products such as the Eight Masterpieces of Yanjing, will reveal their winners on-site, once again bringing Chinese traditional culture and the charm of Beijing to the international stage through creative travel goods.
Additionally, as “Internet + Travel” becomes a mainstream trend, the 4th Travel Merchants Expo actively integrates the new travel consumption model of offline experience and online shopping with its exhibition services. At the expo, exhibitors only need to bring experiential products, while visitors can try them on-site and place orders on the electronic mall for home delivery, allowing everyone to personally experience the convenience of “Internet+” travel goods shopping.
From October 24 to 26, the 4th Beijing International Travel Merchandise Expo awaits you at the China International Exhibition Center (Old Venue). Pre-registration for early visits can be done via the official expo website. Welcome all professionals in the travel industry to attend. For inquiries, please call the contact number.