PATA actives include assisting small and up and coming destinations to develop their infrastructure, providing expertise, and planning group travel schemes, destinations, hotels operations and discounts and is a trade body, which cater for the need of travel and tourism in the Asia pacific region.
The Pacific Asia Travel Association acts as coordination service for travel in the region.
Asia-Pacific Association for International Education was created in 2004.
The Law Association for Asia and the Pacific.
Pacific
In between the western hemisphere and Asia (if you travel west) is the Pacific Ocean. If you travel east from the western hemisphere you would encounter Europe first, before you get to Asia, so Asia is not exactly across the Atlantic. But you can get to Asia directly, by going across the Pacific.
The Philippines is part of Southeast Asia. It is one of the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN.
Asia Pacific or pacific Rim
Asia Pacific Breweries was created in 1931.
ITUC-Asia Pacific was created in 1951.
Ramada Asia-Pacific was created in 1954.
Asia Pacific College was created in 1991.
Japan, the Philippines, and Indonesia are part of the Asia-Pacific region in terms of their geographic location. They are also members of various regional organizations such as ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation).