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Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)

Address

PATA Headquarters
Unit B1, 28th Floor, Siam Tower
989 Rama I Road, Pathumwan
Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Contact Information

If calling from Thailand:

Tel: 02 658 2000
Fax: 02 658 2010

If calling from overseas:

Tel: +66 2 658 2000
Fax: +66 2 658 2010

Website

http://www.pata.org

Email

membership@PATA.org

Activities

Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) proactively supports the programmes of ECPAT ( End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) and Child Wise Tourism in Southeast Asia. PATA actively participates in their programmes and is active on their think tank committees. Currently, this group (PATA, ECPAT and Child Wise) is working on a revised Tourism Code for visitors to Southeast Asia.

The group hopes to get the governments of ASEAN to consider distributing via their immigration cards a Code of Conduct to all arriving tourists. The Code will encourage tourists to 'only leave a footprint behind' to respect indigenous culture and heritage; to respect all people including women and children; and to buy local products.

Another area where PATA has been supportive of alleviating Child Sex Tourism is through their annual PATA Gold Awards. PATA Gold Awards are highly esteemed and prestigious awards given out every year at their Annual Conference. In 2003, PATA awarded Accor Hotels the Gold Award for their education programme (among staff) to alleviate Child Sex within their hotels. This has been a highly acclaimed programme and has developed a firm understanding among Accor's many employees in the Asia region of how to be on the look out for and respond to violations of young people.

PATA remains an advocate of the alleviation of trafficking activities. PATA frequently reminds its public and private sector stakeholders of the dangers of these activities. The hope is that these crimes against women and young people can be eliminated as a component of Asia Pacific travel and tourism.

Publications:

Weekly Newsletter: www.PATA.org/newsatpata