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The World Conference on Tourism Cooperation and Development Rebuilds World Tourism for Prosperity

On September 5th , the World Conference on Tourism Cooperation and Development commenced and was the only conference held by international organizations during the 2020 CIFTIS.

Release time : 2020-09-11 14:29:10

source : WTCF

entered a “dormant period” at the beginning of this year. On August 8th, Wuhan started an activity named “Traveling around Hubei for Free, Visiting Wuhan for Sightseeing”. For nearly a month, the city’s overall average daily tourist reception of scenic spots has increased by 34% year on year and the overall star hotel occupancy rate has increased by 13 percentage points, compared to the same period last year, with the number of out-of-province and out-of-city tourists accounting for 44.9%, which effectively drove the recovery and development of related service industries. “Wuhan is back to normal. Welcome to this heroic city and visit famous attractions,” Chen Honghui, Deputy Mayor of Wuhan, said passionately at the opening of the conference.

The recovery of tourism in Wuhan provided a good example for the recovery and development of the world tourism industry in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak. “We are currently encouraged to see that the tourism is recovering in China and also in some Asian countries, and we hope that the rest of the world will keep up with China to revitalize tourism respectively,” Ms. Gloria Guevara Manzo, President & CEO of WTTC said.

Group photo of delegates

Mr. David Pipinashvili, Minister Counselor of the Georgian embassy in China, stated that thanks to the effective implementation of anti-epidemic measures, Georgia has reopened its borders and is gradually resuming international flights. Anouar, Chief of Tunisian National Tourist Office, said that Tunisia has cooperated with a number of countries in North Africa to create new tour paths, which provide good opportunities for the development and recovery of Tunisia’s tourism industry. Tsuyoshi Yasuda, Chief of JTB in Beijing office, said that the Japanese government launched “Go To Travel” in July and “Go To Eat” would be launched in September. “We expect to use these policies as an