A stage for networking and professional updating, the 42nd ABAV International Tourism Expo has recorded and increased number of registrations each week. So far, the major international business expo of this industry in the Southern Hemisphere has already confirmed the presence of participants from 640 cities all over the world.

Participants from different countries are coming to the event, including visitors from countries like Sudan. “The participation of professionals from the five continents shows the event has become an international benchmark and that ABAV Expo is the ideal stage for doing business and interacting with the Brazilian tourism market,” said Antonio Azevedo, chairman of ABAV Nacional.

All Brazilian states will be represented in the event. “In all, participants from 433 Brazilian cities have already registered. This figure tends to increase a lot more before the event,” said Azevedo.

The 42nd ABAV Expo will take place from September 24 to 28, at the Anhembi Exhibition Pavillion in São Paulo, and will gather 3,500 exhibitors and 40,000 professional visitors. The event will be open to consumers on September 27 and 28 (Saturday and Sunday) when domestic and international packaged tours will be sold with discounts and promotional prices negotiated exclusively for the event.

Institutional Profile

The 42nd ABAV International Tourism Expo is promoted by the Brazilian Travel Agencies Association (ABAV Nacional), with the support of the Tourism Ministry, the Brazilian Tourism Institute (Embratur), the São Paulo City Government, and São Paulo Turismo (SPTuris), the city’s tourism and events company, which manages the Anhembi Exhibition Park.

An international partner of BTL (Bolsa de Turismo de Lisboa) and ITB Berlin, ABAV Expo, the largest and most important international travel and tourism business fair of the Americas is sponsored by the Brazilian Support Service to Micro and Small Companies (Sebrae) and the National Confederation of Goods, Services and Tourism Trading (CNC), which manages one of the world’s largest social development systems—the Commerce Social Service (Sesc), operating in the education, health, culture and leisure fields, and the National Commercial Learning Service (Senac), which is the leading professional education agent in the goods, services and tourism trading sector.