PATA WSU

Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is the largest travel promotional organization in the world. It promotes travel and tourism to and within the Pacific region. It was incorporated to develop, promote and facilitate travel to areas within the Pacific RIM in 1951 IN Hawaii as a non-profit, voluntary and non-political corporation. ⠀ In 1953 its headquarters were moved from Hawaii to San Francisco. ⠀ PATA first conference was held on January 1952 in Honolulu and its first Asian office was established in Manila, the Philippines in 1976. Currently PATA has: -95 government state and city tourism bodies, -25 international airlines and airports, -108 hospitality organizations, -72 educational institutions, and hundreds of travel industry companies in the Asia Pacific and beyond. Thousands of travel industry professionals belong to PATA. PATA Woosong University Student Chapter established in 2018. And it’s the first and only Student Chapter in Korea.