CITM2000 was successfully held in Shanghai Everbrighting Exhibition Center on Oct. 18~21, 2003.
  The mart attracted nearly 10,000 travel insiders and exhibitors from 42 countries & regions. It had 1,028 standard booths/raw spaces, covered an area of 24000 sq m, we invited 1,359 buyers including domestic and overseas ones. Nearly 1,000 reporters participated in the related news reporting and interviewing.
   There were 1,182 exhibitors from 42 countries & regions registered and participated in the mart, among them, 326 were overseas exhibitors, 886 were domestic ones.
   According to the regions, the exhibitors' proportion is: Asia 11%, Europe 4.7%, Africa 0.5%, Oceania 1.3%, America 2.1% & China 80.4%(including the Hong Kong SAR& Macao SAR).  
   According to the sales types, the exhibitors' proportion is: airline companies 3.8%, scenic spots 7.8%, yacht 2%, countries/regions travel organizations 13.7%, hotels/hotel administrative groups 25%, travel agencies, CRS 5% and others 6.7%.
   CITM2000 organized 1,359 representatives of domestic and overseas buyers from 43 countries and regions to participate in the mart. Add the travel agencies' clients, buyers registered temporarily in addition, the total amount of buyers of CITM2000 was 1,522 people altogether.