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AFRICA TRAVEL MAGAZINE
Worldwide Voice of the Africa Travel Association
A Dynamic Print and Web Media Combination
Offices: New York, NY USA - Vancouver, BC Canada
Tel (604) 681 0718 . Fax (604) 681 6595
Mailto:
africa@dowco.com , http://www.africa-ata.org 

 

Dear Colleague,

For the magazine's 12th Anniversary and ATA's 32nd, we are proud to introduce a new schedule for effective marketing of Africa Travel, Trade and Tourism in North America, the Intra African Market, Europe and Asia. The Global Reach and Influence of our media combination has been achieved thanks to partnerships with PATA, UNWTO, AFRAA (airlines) and others. Please read the brief preview below and click on the following for rates and background:

Website:
http://www.africa-ata.org 

Media Kit: http://www.africa-ata.org/mediakit2007.pdf

Great Cities of Africa Editions::
http://www.africa-ata.org /cities.htm

We look forward to serving you as a partner in marketing Africa to the World.

Best Regards

The Publishers

 

Africa Travel Magazine
Yearbooks and Supplements
New Media Combination and Bonus Packages: All advertisers receive space on our official ATA website. Bonus includes directory ads, banners and hosted pages for one year. Discounts for Radio Spots, Audio Postcards from Africa and Sponsored Program segments. * Google Results below are from January 25, 2007 search


Monthly
Africa Travel Trade Marketing Bulletins
This regular series of magazine inserts and supplements capitalizes on our extensive schedule of Travel Expos and conferences where we meet the buyers and influential leaders face to face, This includes The New York Travel Show , Boston Globe Travel Show and similar events in Washington, DC and other major U.S. and Canadian markets. Other activities and events in Africa, Europe and Asia Pacific through our global alliances.

Annual - April- May
ATA 2nd World Congress Yearbook
May 2007 will be a landmark edition for Africa Travel Magazine it covers three huge events happening within weeks of each other - Ethiopia (ATA World Congress), South Africa (Indaba) , Mozambique (1st Africa Conference) and Uganda (Peace Through Tourism). This issue also reflects our new partnerships with PATA, AFRAA and activities in Europe, plus expanded marketing and travel show activities in the USA and Canada.

15th Anniversary Ecotourism Yearbook
The best of our last three 'eco' editions featuring events hosted by Uganda, Angola and Nigeria, plus a salute to all host cities since 1992. Advertisers in the 3 editions mentioned are automatically repeated in this exciting issue. Preview of the ATA llth Ecotourism Symposium in fall 2007.

Annual - September
Air Highways to Africa Yearbook
Distribution through a network of Canadian and US airports in addition to our regular channels. This concept was pioneered by our editors in the early 1990s and honors our new partnership with the African Airlines Association. It will profile leading carriers, their history, route maps to world gateways and plans for the future.

Bimonthly- Starting June 2007
The Great Cities of Africa Series
Based on interviews with mayors and other agendas from the UN World Urban Forum. Some of the following will be available as inserts or supplements in our Yearbook editions. Series debuts in May, 2007. Once published, each Great City edition will be updated annually.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Host city for the ATA 32nd World Congress in May 2007 and for the Millennium world Congress in 2000. Our website is already in the top 3 on Google for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Travel and Tourism - from 133,000.

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
From its early history to its position as a major port . This issue includes Zanzibar across the bay from Dar es Salaam, voted one of the world's top island vacation areas. Profiles of grand new hotels which are making this area one of Africa's hot spots for business and tourism. Edition anchored by Tanzania Tourism Board double page spread. Our website is already #1 on Google - from 429,000.

Abuja and Calabar, Nigeria
Two of the cities that hosted ATA events in 2006.. Includes the remarkable developments in Cross River State and the cultural highlights of Abuja's carnival. Our website is already #1 and 2 on Google for Calabar, Nigeria Travel and Tourism - from 15,100.

Kampala, Uganda
The green city of seven hills, Kampala, Uganda hosts the 4th Africa Peace Through Tourism Conference and the First Africa Media Exchange, May 20-25. We profile the city and area, and invite your news items. We're already in the top 4 on Google out of 271,000.

Profiles on other cities are now underway, including cities in Cameroon, Ghana, South Africa and other ATA member countries.

 

2007 Event Marketing Opportunities

* Asterisks indicate events where Africa Travel has exhibits.

* Adventures in Travel Expo- Jan 27-28  . Chicago, IL

* Adventures in Travel Expo- Feb. 10-11 . Long Beach, CA

* The New York Times Travel Show Feb 23-25-

* Adventures in Travel Expo- March 3-4 . Washington D.C

• /ITB Berlin Travel Conference: March 7-11 - Details

• Rome international Travel Fair: March 22-24:- details

• The Boston Globe Travel Show: March 23-25

* May 6-11:: ATA 32nd Annual World Congress, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

(Ethiopia's Millennium Celebrations)

* May 12-15,: Indaba , Durban, South Africa

* May 20-25: 4th Africa Peace Through Tourism Conference

Kampala, Uganda. Presented by IIPT and ATA

3rd Annual Adventure Travel World Summit- Oct. 4-6:

Whistler Conference Center, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

* SITV Montréal Travel Show, Montréal, Quebec, Canada - October (tba)

World Travel Market, London, UK - Nov. 12-15: Details

 

Statistics

Since our Website is such an integral part of our editorial presence in the travel tourism industry in partnership with our print media, advertisers will benefit from our latest results through Google and other search engines open a wide variety of Africa related topics. Our Webtrends statistics reveal our popularity by countries (right) and our response, which exceeds 20 million hits.

Our Google Scores, Jan. 2007.

Africa Travel Industry #1 and 2 from 33,700,000

Marketing Africa to Asia #1 from 29,600,000 entries.

Marketing Africa to Canada #1 and 2 from 32,300,000

USA Africa Tourism #1 and 2 from 1,860,000

Africa Travel Trade #1 and 2 from 37,300,000

Africa Travel Shows #1 and 2 from 49,900,000

African Travel Fashion #1 and 2 from 5,770,000

Africa Travel Ministers #1 and 2 from 6,940,000

African Airline Association #1 and 2 from 2,180,000

African Embassies USA #2 and 3 from 1,160,000

African American Travel Market #2 from 7,520,000.

Our Yahoo Scores, Jan. 2007

Africa Fashion #1 and from 21,700,00

African Embassies USA #1 and 2 from 346,000

Africa Travel Fashion #1 and 2 from 12,100,000

Africa Travel Industry #1 and 2 from 16,800,00

Marketing Africa to Asia #1 from 16,300,000

Marketing Africa to Canada #1 and 2 from 18,900,00

USA Africa Tourism #1 and 3 from 4,010,000