WTCF Promotes the Sustainable Development of the Global Tourism Economy

The Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) took place in Macao from 23 - 24 October, 2018. Among more than 1,500 attendees were experts, scholars and industrial representatives from 40 countries and regions.

Release time : 2018-11-13 16:11:31

source : WTCF

The Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) took place in Macao from 23 - 24 October, 2018. Among more than 1,500 attendees were experts, scholars and industrial representatives from 40 countries and regions. They discussed the new power of China-EU bilateral relations and focused on the cooperation in Guangdong-Macao-Hong Kong Greater Bay Area. The participants had extensive exchanges and in-depth discussions.

Li Baochun, Executive Deputy Secretary General of the World Tourism Cities Federation addresses the opening ceremony

Li Baochun, Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the World Tourism Cities Federation addressed the opening ceremony. "On the way to becoming a 'world tourism leisure center', the forum has played an important role in supporting and driving the economic diversification and sustainability of the Macao SAR," said Li Baochun. He stressed that the WTCF was established in the same year as GTEF. The WTCF has attended the forum for five consecutive years since 2014 and concluded a strategic cooperation agreement with GTEF in 2015. The two sides cooperated in a wide range of fields, including academic exchange, forum co-hosting, training, convention & exhibition participation and staff exchange in 2016. He also introduced the remarkable contributions of the WTCF to pro mote the development of the global tourism economy, and invited other attendees to attend the international conferences organized by the WTCF.

He also introduced the intensive moves and remarkable contributions of the WTCF to promote the development of the global tourism economy, and invited other attendees to attend the international conferences organized by the WTCF.

The officiating guests of GTEF 2018 start the opening ceremony

On 23 October, as a supporter of GTEF 2018, the WTCF organized a forum themed "Festivals-Bridging Traditions and Tourism".

The WTCF organizes a forum themed "Festivals-Bridging Traditions and Tourism"

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