World Tourism Cities Federation Participates CITM 2020

The World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) has set up a stand at the CITM 2020, and distributed promotional materials including its magazine, World Tourism Cities, and promotional brochures containing details of the WTCF, drawing attention from numerous participants of the event.

Release time : 2020-11-18 10:47:24

source : WTCF

From November 16th to 18th, the China International Travel Mart 2020 (CITM 2020) was held in Shanghai, China by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China, the Civil Aviation Administration of China, and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. With its focus on the numerous achievements brought by the integration of culture and tourism, the event aimed at providing impetus to the resumption of production, the stimulation of prospective consumption regarding culture and tourism industries, thus enabling domestic and overseas professionals from relative industries to realize the recovery of China’s economy and confidence in face of the pandemic.

The World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) has set up a stand at the CITM 2020, and distributed promotional materials including its magazine, World Tourism Cities, and promotional brochures containing details of the WTCF, drawing attention from numerous participants of the event. The stand was visited on November 16th by Wizani Rosmin, Consul of the Tourism Section of the Consulate General of Malaysia in Shanghai, and Agnese Sturmane, Commercial Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in China. On November 17th, the stand also welcomed Vincent Zheng, Tourism Fiji’s Regional Manager of Greater China, Tiago Brito, Tourism Director of the Turismo de Portugal, and Fan Deyu, Project Manager of Hamburg Liaison Office China. During their visits, five renowned visitors shared their views regarding the development of tourism, and the promotion of travel destinations through a number of interviews.

The stand of WTCF Source: WTCF

Wizani elaborated on measures taken by the Malaysian government to stimulate domestic tourism and consumption as well as alleviate the financial burden of players in the industry, including the conditional exemption of income tax, providing coupons for tourists and financial aids for taxi drivers and tour guides. Wizani hoped that the WTCF