BUSINESS for Gullivers Travel Associates (GTA) has grown more than twenty fold in Iran since it started trading in the market 15 years ago, with further growth expected for 2Q2016 following the recent lifting of international economic sanctions in the country.

 

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Woman on the street in Tehran[/caption]

Top outbound destinations for GTA in 2015 included Istanbul, Dubai, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, while Pattaya, Phuket, Koh Samui, Penang and Langkawi topped as secondary destinations.

 

More bookings to Europe are expected this year, with London, Paris, Rome, Milan, Florence and main cities in Germany and Spain being the favourites for Iranians.

 

GTA also hosted a trade dinner last month for about 90 Iranian travel agencies.

 

�We are extremely encouraged by the number of travel agencies that have registered with us after the event and we will continue to help them enhance their produce offerings with our GTA content,� said Rami Mashini, vice president of sales, Middle East & Africa at GTA.

 

�More importantly, we also received positive feedback from our guests on what worked well for their customers, such as affordable five star hotels, promotion deals with free room upgrades or Stay 4 nights Pay 3, and catering to families with free hotel stay for children below 12 years old.�

By TTG Asia