Some years ago during the de Jong administration, the PATA Education and Training Committee requested that the PATA secretariat produce a compendium of all task force reports produced by the association over the past 30+ years.
Behind this idea, the Education and Training Committee had hoped to promulgate the knowledge contained in these historical reports and thereby reinforce the significance of PATA’s 60 year leadership in developing Asia Pacific tourism.
A first DVD was produced in 2005. Unfortunately, Mr de Jong and his team weren’t able to maintain focus and momentum on this project and it fell to the wayside thereafter. By the time the Duffel administration took over, the project was buried at the bottom of the association’s list of priorities.
Hopefully someone in the new administration can take the initiative to reignite this project.
It would be a crime to ‘trash’ such an important aspect of PATA’s history at a time when the association needs to re-establish its imprimatur on Asia Pacific travel and tourism.