O le Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) na faʻamaonia le filifilia o ni sui fou se toʻalua i lana Pulega Faʻatonu ananafi: Dr. Chuwit Mitrchob, Sui Faʻatonu Sili o Nofoaga Faʻatonu mo le Faʻafoeina o Tagata Tafafao Maimoa (DASTA), ma Sharzede Datu Haji Salleh Askor, Ofisa Sili o Pulega o le Sarawak Tourism Board (STB). E le gata i lea, o Raki Phillips, Pule Sili o le Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA), ua tofia e avea ma sui o le Komiti Faafoe.
O nei tofiga na faʻamaonia i le Aso Lua, Aperila 22, i le 74th PATA Annual General Meeting (AGM), lea na faia i le PATA Annual Summit 2025 (PAS 2025) i Istanbul, Turkey.
"O Dr. Chuwit, Sharzede ma Raki o ni lagolago maoae o le PATA i le tele o tausaga, ofoina atu o latou taimi, tomai, ma le naunau i auala na faia moni ai se eseesega," o le tala lea a le Pule Sili o le PATA Noor Ahmad Hamid ina ua maeʻa le faʻamaonia. “O a latou sao, e le gata i le avea ai ma sui o le Komiti Fa’afoe ma le lagolago malosi i a matou fa’amoemoe ma fa’amoemoega, ua fesoasoani i le fa’atupuina o la matou galuega fa’atupu turisi i se auala e sili atu ona maufa’atasi ma fa’atasi ai, e momoli atu la’u fa’amalo fa’amaoni ia i la’ua uma, ma ou te tulimatai atu i le fa’aleleia atili o la matou galulue fa’atasi i tausaga o i luma.”
Filifilia e sui o le Komiti Fa'atonu a le PATA mo le lua tausaga, Dr. Mitrchob ma Ms. Salleh Askor o le a galulue fa'atasi ma isi sui o le Komiti Fa'atonu e fa'alautele sini a le Asosi o le fa'alauiloaina o le atina'eina o tagata tafafao maimoa i totonu o le itulagi o Asia Pacific. O le a latou fa'amanuiaina sui o le Komiti Fa'atonu o lo'o fa'agasolo atu Gerald Perez, Sui Peresetene o le Guam Visitors Bureau, ma Noredah Othman, Pule Sili o le Sabah Convention Bureau, e fai ma sui o le Sabah Tourism Board.
O Dr. Chuwit Mitrchob o loʻo avea ma Sui Faʻatonu Sili o Nofoaga Filifilia mo Pulega Tau Turisi Faʻaauau (DASTA) i totonu o le Matagaluega o Turisi ma Taaloga a le Malo o Thailand. E taua tele o ia i le fa'atupuina o faiga fa'apa'aga i le va o le DASTA ma fa'alapotopotoga fa'ava-o-malo, e aofia ai ana taumafaiga paionia e tu'ufa'atasia le Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) i totonu o Thailand's sustainable tourism initiative.
E le gata i lea, na ia faia se sao taua i le fausiaina o le Asian Ecotourism Network (AEN). O lona poto masani e aofia ai tagata tafafao maimoa maualalo-carbon, turisi fatufatuaʻi, turisi gastronomy, ma tagata tafafao faʻalapotopotoga, ma sa ia taʻitaʻia aai i totonu o le UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN), aemaise lava Sukhothai (Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art) ma Phetchaburi (Creative City of Gastronomy).
Sharzede Datu Hj. O Salleh Askor o lo'o avea ma Ofisa Sili o Pulega o le STB ma o se sui o lana Komiti Fa'atonu. A'o le'i nofoia o ia i le STB, sa ia umia ni tulaga ta'ita'i iloga i vaega eseese, e aofia ai le fa'apotopotoga Malaysian, se faufautua fa'asalalauga, ma se fa'aaliga fa'ava-o-malo ma nofoaga tutotonu.
Faatasi ai ma le sili atu ma le tolusefulu tausaga o le poto masani i fesoʻotaʻiga fefaʻatauaʻiga tuʻufaʻatasia, faʻailogaina, matafaioi faʻaagafesootai (CSR), ma pulega faʻapitoa, o Sharzede o se faʻauluuluga fiafia o tagata tafafao maimoa. Fai mai a ia, o paaga uma e taua tele i le faʻaleleia atili o le talaaga o Sarawak i le lalolagi atoa. O lana va'aiga fa'amoemoe e fa'atūina tagata tafafao maimoa fa'apitoa e avea ma fa'avae o le vaega o tagata tafafao maimoa a Sarawak, ma fa'amalosia ai le tamaoaiga i le lotoifale ma tu'ufa'atasia faiga fa'alesiosiomaga gafataulimaina i totonu o le fa'alapotopotoga o turisi a le itulagi.
O Raki Phillips o loʻo taʻimua i le alualu i luma o Ras Al Khaimah e avea ma nofoaga autu o turisi ma ua aloaia o le 2023 Businessperson of the Year e le mekasini a Arabian Business. I lona tulaga, o loʻo faʻamaoni o ia e le gata i le faʻaleleia o le faʻatauvaʻa o pisinisi tau turisi ae faʻapea foʻi i le faʻaleleia o le tamaoaiga ma agafesootai manuia o le Emirate, aʻo faʻaleleia le tulaga lelei o le olaga mo ona tagata uma.
Dr. Mitrchob, Ms. Salleh Askor, ma Mr. Phillips o le a galulue faatasi ma isi sui o le Komiti Faafoe, e aofia ai Peter Semone, Taitaifono o le PATA; Suman Pandey, Peresetene o le Explore Himalaya Travel & Adventure; Luzi Matzig, Taitaifono o Asian Trails Ltd.; Noor Ahmad Hamid, Pule Sili o le PATA; Ben Montgomery, Amapasa Autasi o Centara Hotels & Resorts; Henry Oh, Taitaifono o le Global Tour Ltd.; Mayur Patel, Ulu o Asia i OAG; SanJeet, Faatonu o le DDP Publications Private Limited; ma Alexander Rayner, Pule Sili o SmartData.travel Limited (Tourism Cyber Centre).