WTCF and TRC-CASS Jointly Released the Report on World Tourism Economy Trends 2019

On January 16, 2019, the World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) and the Tourism Research Center, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (TRC-CASS) jointly released the Report on World Tourism Economy Trends 2019 (hereinafter referred to as “the Report”).

Release time : 2019-01-16 13:33:38

source : WTCF

On January 16, 2019, the World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) and the Tourism Research Center, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (TRC-CASS) jointly released the Report on World Tourism Economy Trends 2019 (hereinafter referred to as “the Report”). More than 60 delegates from WTCF, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, such foreign institutions in China as Panama Embassy and South African Embassy, Chongqing City and Chinese domestic tourism-related agencies, as well as more than 100 domestic and foreign media jointly participated in the release and forum discussion of the Report.

Report release conference on World Tourism Economy Trends 2019

Yan Han, Deputy Secretary-General of WTCF, hosted the release conference

Li Baochun, Executive Deputy Secretary-General of WTCF; and Yan Kun, Secretary of the Party Committee of National Academy of Economic Strategy, CASS, delivered speeches at the meeting. Francisco Escobar, Ambassador of Panama, delivered the keynote speech. Song Rui, Director of TRC-CASS, and WTCF special expert, released the main research results in the Report.

Li Baochun, Executive Deputy Secretary-General of WTCF, delivered a speech

Li Baochun pointed out that in order to further study and judge the trend of world tourism economy development, predict the global tourism development’s future prospects, promote the world tourism economy’s sustainable development, reveal world tourism economy development’s annual characteristics, and better serve WTCF members, WTCF has publicly released the Report on World Tourism Economy Trends each year since 2016, sharing the research results with global counterparts and providing decision-making reference and intellectual support for governments of different nations, relevant cities and the tourism industry.

Yan Kun, Secretary of the Party Committee of National Academy of Economic Strategy, CASS, delivered a speech

Yan Kun believes that tourism is an important carrier