WTCF Holds International Forum on Characteristic Tourism Development and Poverty Alleviation Cooperation in Western China

Targeted Poverty Alleviation in Yushu, Encourage Characteristic Tourism Development

From September 9 to 12, the 2018 International Forum on Characteristic Tourism Development and Poverty Alleviation Cooperation in Western China was held in Yushu, Qinghai.

Release time : 2018-09-13 15:22:41

source : WTCF

make contributions to the great unity the Chinese nation and to the achieving of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

At the forum, Dimitri Pittet, Economic Officer of the Embassy of Switzerland in China, shared the development experience of Swiss mountain tourism. Tokumura Shisei, member of WTCF Expert Committee, delivered the keynote speech with the theme “Holy Yushu, a City of Excitement”. Their speeches provided ideas for the development of Yushu’s tourism, introduced experiences, guided the direction, and received praises of the guests.

During the round-table discussion, Karl Wöber, Director of Expert Committee of WTCF; Fang Zehua, and Ding Peiyi, members of WTCF Expert Committee; and representatives from CAISSA Touristic, Utour Group Co., Ltd., JTB Corp., BTG International Travel & Tours answered, discussed and analyzed questions raised by Yushu, Hetian, and Lhasa tourism departments.

WTCF was voluntarily formed by famous tourism cities in the world, including Berlin, Barcelona, Los Angeles and others, under the initiative of Beijing. WTCF now has 205 city members, cover 67 countries and territories. Since its establishment in 2012, WTCF has been successfully held the WTCF Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit in Beijing, Rabat, Fez, Chongqing, Los Angeles, and Qingdao. During the summit, WTCF released the Beijing Declaration, Chongqing Declaration, Los Angeles Declaration, as well as the Action Plan for the Brand Building of World Tourism Cities, to introduce sharing economy to the tourism industry and promote global development of the world tourism industry. WTCF has grown into one of the most influential tourism organizations in the world.

Yushu city, located in the southeast of Qinghai province, is the capital city of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The city, with great development potential, has beautiful natural scenery and a rich and varied history and culture. This place is also called “source of rivers