In addition to its annual summit, IITA delivers education and training designed to help the industry grow international travel. 

City, state, and federal leaders all meet to discuss different ways to promote tourism to help boost the economy.

In April, Li Yanhe, a China-born publisher based in Taiwan whose printing house has released books critical of the Chinese Communist Party was reported missing when he visited Shanghai.

One more popular area was the South African stand, well marked and decorated to show the wildlife and sights in well-photographed imagery and well as a small café stand, serving cups of rooibos tea.