ʻO ka PATA Travel Mart 2018 ma Langkawi, ka mokupuni nani ma Malaysia, ua hoʻomaka i ka ʻālohilohi a me ka waihoʻoluʻu o ka hoʻomaka ʻana me ka ʻaina ahiahi hoʻokipa ma ka Mahsuri International Exhibition Center (MIEC). Hoʻomaka ka hanana i ka lā 12 o Kepakemapa a pau i ka lā 14.
ʻO ke keleawe kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻāina hoʻokipa, i alakaʻi ʻia e ka Hope Kuhina Nui, aia ma laila e hoʻokipa i nā ʻelele a me nā mea hanohano, ka mea i lohe i ka poʻe haʻiʻōlelo e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i ka PATA no kāna kuleana a me ka hana a Malaysia i hana ai i nā makahiki i ka mālama ʻana i nā hanana PATA - marts, nā hālāwai kūkā, a me nā hana ʻē aʻe.
He 67 mau mea kūʻai mai Malaysia iho, a he 260 mau mea kūʻai mai 53 mau mākeke kumu.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ua hoʻohui ka ʻāina hoʻokipa i 250 mau hōkele hou ma 2017 a ʻo 130 mau hōkele me nā lumi 26,000 e piʻi mai nei.
ʻO Langkwai a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o Kedah he nui nā hiʻohiʻona e pono e hoʻolaha ʻia.
I kēia manawa, nui ka manaʻolana mai ka hale kūʻai e wehe ana i ka lā 13 Kepakemapa, me nā hālāwai kūʻai kūʻai aku a me ka launa pū ʻana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Nandakumar, Luna Hoʻokele o Madras Travel and Tours i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Chennai, ke nānā nei ʻo ia i nā mea kūʻai maikaʻi. Maikaʻi kona ʻike ma Makau i ka makahiki i hala, a ua manaʻolana ʻo ia e hui pū me nā mea kūʻai hou a kahiko i nā lā 2 e hiki mai ana.
Ua makemake ʻo Sanjay Mehta i ka pūnaewele a hana i nā pilina hou akā mihi naʻe ʻaʻohe mea kūʻai mai ʻAmelika. Loaʻa iā ia kekahi mau hālāwai maikaʻi mai Australia, a ua manaʻo ʻo ia akā ua hoʻohui ʻo ia i nā mea hoʻolako i kēia makahiki me he mea lā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o Macau, ua ʻōlelo ka luna ʻo Rajkot i ka pō o ka hale kūʻai.
Ua manaʻo ʻo ia e kokoke nā hōkele o ka poʻe kūʻai a me nā mea kūʻai aku i kahi o ka hale kūʻai i mea e mālama ai i ka manawa a maʻalahi.
ʻO Jaswinder Singh, ka luna hoʻokele o AAyan Journeys, ke ʻimi nei i nā mea kūʻai aku a manaʻo e hoʻohua nā mea hou.
Ke nānā nei ʻo Vijay Kumar mai IRCTC iā Sabah, Kina, New Zealand, a me Kanada no nā kaʻaahi waiwai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Neha, mai Singapore, ua makemake kāna hui Mastercard e ʻike i nā hoʻomohala ʻenehana. ʻO kahi e hele ai ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi e pili ana i ka ʻenehana, ʻo ia kona hopohopo.
Na ka Turkish Airline reps e hoʻonui i ka ʻike o ka ʻāina a me ka mokulele a hana i nā pilina hou.
E akaka ana ke kūlana o nā ʻano o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi a me nā huahana i ka lā ʻapōpō a me ka lā ma hope.
Akā ʻo ka mea i maopopo i kēia manawa ʻaʻole i waiho ʻo PATA a me Tourism Malaysia i kahi pōhaku i ʻike ʻole ʻia he hanana poina. Pīhoihoi nā ʻelele i ka ʻike ʻana i ke kaʻa uwea, ka nahele mangrove, a me ka mahiʻai koʻa.
Ua hoihoi nui ka Youth Symposium, me kekahi mau opio e hele mai ana mai kahi mamao a kokoke mai a me na hui e ae e hui pu ana me ka PATA hooikaika, i lilo i hanana makahiki ma na hale kuai.
