"Compared with any previous tourism commodities fair, the one in this June will be more professional," said some official with the organizing committee of the fair. Based on the valuable experience of the previous fairs, the tourism commodities fair will have more abundant commodities, which are bound to enrich the connotation of tourism commodities. In addition, through the joint exhibition of four categories of commodities including tourism equipment, restaurant & hotel supplies, outdoor recreation products and tourism souvenirs, this fair stresses professional purchasing and investment invitation and gives prominence to commercial exchange.

As part of the tourism resources, tourism commodities play an important role in the development of tourism industry. Yiwu, as the world's largest distribution center for commodities, is an important base for the R&D, production and distribution of tourism products. In November of 2009, the National Tourism Administration officially established China Tourism Commodity R&D Center in Yiwu, and the first tourism commodities fair was held in the same period of time, which has been held for three consecutive years since then and aroused great attention in related industries.

"We selected over 40 competitive brands of restaurant & hotel supplies from 700 shops in the specialized street to attend the fair," said Liu Chao, general manager of Yiwu Xiawang specialized street for restaurant & hotel supplies. Compared with Hangzhou restaurant & hotel supplies market and the production base in Chaoshan of Guangdong province, this industry in Yiwu has great potential for development and the fair will show such potential and influence, he added.

The increase of restaurant & hotel supplies has a lot to do with the rapid development of hotels and restaurants in recent years. In previous years, only a few scattered exhibitors showed such commodities in the fair. This tourism commodities fair offers great convenience to purchasers. Take the outdoor recreation products for example. With commodities of the same category put together, purchasers will have no difficulty finding products for camping, barbecue, diving and fishing.

Another feature of the fair  is that enterprises with regional characteristics from across the country show great interest in attending the fair. According to the list of the registered exhibitors, the production base of restaurant & hotel supplies in Chaozhou has applied for 138 exhibition booths; Yiwu fine-product exhibition and sales center, together with well-known regional exhibition halls, will form the largest tourism shopping center of agricultural and sideline products in central Zhejiang province; and Wuyi outdoor recreation products and Yiwu Tourism & Outdoor Supplies Association will show the overall competitiveness of Zhejiang local tourism commodities manufacturers.