Fourth United Nations World Tourism Organization / Pacific Asia Travel Association Travel Trends and Prospects of the International Forum on Sept. 2 opening of the tourist city of Guilin, the United Nations World Tourism Organization Executive Director Matthew Favila said that by the end of 2009 the World Tourism started to recover, which Asia-Pacific region visitors increased by 12% over the previous year, China's rise as the fourth-largest consumer of international tourism has become an important pillar of tourism in the Asia-Pacific region.
The International Forum on Tourism Trends and Prospects by the experts meetings , technical summary, discussion, technical visits etc. for a period of 3 days. From China, Australia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Nepal and more than 20 countries and regions, Tourism and Travel Association top 200 guests attended the opening ceremony. The forum will focus on analyzing the current situation of domestic tourism and regional tourism, the main destination markets in the Asia-Pacific region and the economic recovery among the source markets and the role of social and cultural development; the exchange of domestic tourism and regional tourism in the political, economic and destination background and other aspects of policy planning and development of the tourism strategy, tactics and practical approach.
China National Tourism Administration Planning and Finance Division, vice president of the China Tourism Association, said Mr Ng literature, despite the gradual recovery in the world tourism industry is in the momentum, the future development of tourism is still full of variables. The haze of the global financial crisis has not dissipated, the world's tourism industry has not yet out of the doldrums, the international community there are some unstable factors, the recovery of international tourism sustained the consolidation and prosperity still long way to go, need for closer global cooperation exploration of domestic tourism and regional tourism development strategy, and actively take effective measures to ensure the smooth functioning of international tourism.
Matthew Favila said that in 2009 was a tough year, everyday conversation away from "crisis" word, particularly severe impact on the developed areas. We have also witnessed the revival of tourism by the end of 2009, the Asia Pacific region visitors increased by 12% over the previous year, the Chinese rose to the fourth-largest consumer of international tourism, tourism in the Asia-Pacific region an important pillar. 2009, most travelers to choose domestic travel, the visitors become an important anti-crisis support, so this session of forum selection "of domestic and regional tourism," as a forum topic.
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region government, said Vice-Kaohsiung, Guangxi is a charming resort, best in the world of Guilin, the beautiful coastal scenery, many attractions, a strong ethnic flavor, attractive border style, is the longing for domestic and foreign tourists place. From January to June this year, Guangxi, more than 70 million tourists trips, up 24.54 percent; tourism revenue 45.9 billion yuan, up 37.80 percent. In which the number of inbound tourists reached 1068500 passengers, an increase of 22.16%, international tourism foreign exchange revenues 335 million U.S. dollars, up 28.84 percent. Source: BEIJING
