2018 WTCF Latin America Tourism Conference held in Bogota

Latin America-New Power of World Tourism

The 2018 WTCF Latin America Tourism Conference took place in Bogota, capital of Colombia from April 23 to 25. Among more than 200 attendees were representatives from city members and institutional members...

Release time : 2018-04-24 11:37:01

source : WTCF

The 2018 WTCF Latin America Tourism Conference took place in Bogota, capital of Colombia from April 23 to 25. Among more than 200 attendees were representatives from city members and institutional members of the WTCF in Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Panama, Brazil, the U.S.A and China, media representatives, as well as tourism representatives from Colombia. This is a regional international tourism conference hosted by the WTCF and the Bogota City Council.

Cheng Hong, Executive Vice Chairperson of WTCF Council delivers a speech on the opening ceremony

The conference was themed "Latin America-New Power of World Tourism". With beautiful natural landscape, as well as time-honored history and culture, Latin America is a major tourist destination with huge potential. However, affected by traffic, language and other factors, Latin America holds a small share in the international tourism market, and there is large room for Latin America to develop world high-end tourist destinations and the Asian tourism market. Colombia is Latin America's fourth-largest economy, as well as one of the most energetic emerging economies in the world; and its capital Bogota is a renowned tourism center in Latin America. With the change of the pattern of world tourism development, Latin America's role in the world tourism system has become increasingly prominent.

Enrique Peñalosa, Mayor of Bogota delivers a speech on the opening ceremony

According to the Report on World Tourism Economy Trends (2018), in 2017, America registered tourist arrivals of 1.875 billion and total tourism revenues of 1.62 trillion U.S. dollars, up 1.9 percent and 4.9 percent from 2016 respectively; Brazil registered tourist arrivals of 180 million, ranking eighth in the world; Mexico registered total tourism revenues of 140 billion U.S. dollars, ranking ninth in the world. America's total tourist arrivals and total tourism revenues are expected to reach 1.917 billion and 1.73 trillion