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

Training and other events were held concurrently. Travel agencies and OTAs, including WTCF members-China International Travel Service, Tuniu, China Comfort Travel, Utour, Beijing Travel Service, Sunshine International Tours and Caissa, conducted one-on-one negotiation with Colombian and Latin American tourism enterprises. Latin American tourism enterprises promoted Latin American tourism products among Chinese tourism enterprises, taking on a warm atmosphere. Most renowned Chinese print media, television stations and network media, including Xinhua News Agency, CRI Online, Travel Channel and Sina, covered the conference at the invitation of the WTCF and the Bogota Tourism Board.

Tourism Trade Fair was held during the conference

With the core concept of "Better City Life through Tourism", the WTCF is committed to pushing forward member connectivity and integration, promoting exchanges among members and mutual learning among civilizations, building a bridge of friendship and progress between members, and forging towards the goal of tourism sustainability and world peace and prosperity!

Background

Currently the WTCF has 13 city members in 10 Latin American countries, including Bogota, Cartagena, Buenos Aires, Lima, Quito, Montevideo, Puerto Aysen, Valparaiso, Punta del Este, Cumana, Belo Horizonte, Monterey, Panama City.

The WTCF has paid close attention to enhancing the influence of city members in Latin America, built a homepage for each, opened columns on magazines, and introduced and recommended their tourism resources and information on magazines, WeChat, Weibo and Apps.

The Technical Workshop: "UNWTO-WTCF City Tourism Performance Research", hosted by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Buenos Aires Bureau of Tourism, was held in Buenos Aires on September 26, 2017, with the participation of more than 100 representatives from the UNWTO, the WTCF, the National Institute of Tourism Promotion Argentina, as well as national and