World Tourism Cities Federation and West Africa Tourism Organisation Sign MOU

On the morning of April 25, the Thematic Forum on People-to-People Connectivity of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation kicked off at the China National Convention Center in Beijing.

Release time : 2019-05-01 11:55:09

source : WTCF

On the morning of April 25, the Thematic Forum on People-to-People Connectivity of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation kicked off at the China National Convention Center in Beijing. During the forum, in the contract-signing round of the local cooperation sub-forum, World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) and the West Africa Tourism Organisation (WATO) signed a contract, and both parties will push forward the win-win mechanism of the “Belt and Road” tourism destination cooperation, set up the friendly China-African non-governmental cooperation platform, and establish the panoramic strategic partnership between the two organizations. The cooperation framework agreement signed by WTCF and the WATO has been placed on the outcome list of the Second Forum.

Through comprehensive communication, WTCF and the WATO organized and established the cooperation development mechanism. Based on the principle of friendly cooperation and mutual benefits, both parties have agreed to strengthen the cooperation and communication in the tourism industry in the following fields: cooperate to launch regional forum projects in the renowned cities of West Africa; cooperate to hold tourism trade fairs; recommend the renowned West African tourism cities to join WTCF; set up cooperation and communication platforms between members; cooperate to launch destination database cooperation, and exchange and share the relevant data of the destinations; mutually provide support for the other party’s relevant tourism meetings; provide free training for five select members, to be recommended by WATO, to attend the Training Program on International Tourist Destination Promotion and Marketing from WTCF. Additionally, WTCF will provide publicity services for WATO through the WTCF We-media platform, which includes the website, mobile apps, WeChat account, Weibo (Chinese version of Twitter), and other channels in order to improve the influence of the West African