What to expect from Global Tourism Economy Forum 2018

The Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) will hold its seventh edition in Macau on October 23 and 24, spearheading discussions in the context of China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

Under the theme Strategic Partnership in a New Era, Rising Momentum for a Shared Future, GTEF 2018 will examine the impact of strategic tourism collaboration between the European Union (EU) and China in the 2018 EU-China Tourism Year (ECTY 2018), and the enormous latent opportunities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area.

Vice chairman and secretary-general of GTEF, Pansy Ho, emphasised that innovative and strategic tourism cooperation is key to capturing the possibilities derived from the country’s Belt and Road Initiative and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area development.

As an official partner of ECTY 2018, GTEF will feature EU as the partner region in its 2018 edition. Guangdong Province has been named the featured partner province.

Under the topic Strategic Partnership – Building Bridges of Cooperation for Shared Benefits, ministers and global private-sector CEOs will discuss how the framework of ECTY 2018 has served as a precursor of deepened China-EU cooperation in tourism and an enhancer of extensive and sustainable economic growth on both sides. Signing ceremonies for a series of cooperative agreements will be held on the day of the forum opening.

GTEF 2018 will also present a new edition of the signature Face to Face, Ministers and Private Sector CEOs session, in collaboration with the UNWTO.

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