Lower turnout at Natas Holidays fair

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The growing trend of booking overseas holidays online and other earlier promotional fairs have led to a poorer turnout at the Natas Holidays travel fair.

This year's three-day event at the Singapore Expo last month saw a total of 56,189 visitors, about 10 per cent less than the 62,744 at the August fair last year. 

Sales for several participating agencies this year had also fallen by around 10 to 20 per cent.

Said a spokesman for Nam Ho Travel: "One of the biggest possibilities is that more and more people are purchasing air tickets and making hotel bookings online. They go directly to the airlines and hotels instead of coming to us."

Other promotional fairs held by travel agencies for their regular customers just before the Natas event could also be a factor.