With its broad economic recovery, Pacific Asia is once again generating strong visitor traffic to the Americas. In 1999 Japanese visitor numbers to Mexico increased 18.1 percent. This year's event is also special because Mexico City will be the first destination to host the venue outside of the United States. At PATM suppliers do not bring display materials to decorate booths. This allows them to focus on their primary objective of negotiating and contracting business.
Meetings take place in private, office-style booths of the travel planners.
During PATM an educational programme also allows lecturers to present the latest travel trends from Pacific Asia source markets.