St. Maarten Tourist Bureau and The Office du Tourisme de St. Martin are currently participating in the 30th TUR Tourism event in Sweden that lasts through Sunday, March 24, 2013.
The outbound travel pattern of Swedish travelers is changing as many Swedish travelers are shifting their vacations from the Asian Market to the Caribbean. Characterics of Swedish travelers is that their longhaul vacations are for 2 weeks and they are keen on beaches and quality hotels.
Seen in the picture discussing marketing opportunities as well as having 10 tour operators from the Scandinavia market attending the SMART tradeshow on St, Maarten in the St. Martin/St. Maarten booth are Edward Dest, Interim Director for the St. Maarten Tourist Bureau, Olivier Louis, European promotion manager for the Office du Tourisme de St. Martin, Gérald Amoudruz and Cecilia Lindberg of Air France KLM Northern Europe and Bart Schüller of the St. Maarten Tourist Bureau, Benelux Office.