On 4 December 2017, H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC), participated in the related activities during the 6th Global Summit on Urban Tourism (GSUT) co-organized by UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Secretary-General Yang exchanged views with Minister Nazri Mayor Amin Nordin, Secretary-General Rifai, Dr. Joan Clos and other representatives from the tourism departments of Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar and Singapore.
Secretary-General Yang briefed on the ACC’s mandate and a series of work carried out this year. She said that as an inter-governmental organization co-founded by 10 ASEAN countries and China, ACC always regards tourism as a focus of its work and conducts multichannel publicity of both sides’ high-quality tourism resources and actively builds platforms for tourism agencies and practitioners of both sides. To echo with the ASEAN-China Year of Tourism Cooperation and the 50th anniversary of ASEAN, ACC has worked with Beijing Television Station on the Tourism Documentary Shooting Project “Hi! ASEAN” in 10 ASEAN countries, held ASEAN Gourmet Festival, held ASEAN-China Quality and Sustainable Tourism Development Conference and ASEAN Tourism Photo Exhibition, translated the 50 Golden Trails of ASEAN and published its Chinese version, organized Chinese journalists to report to ASEAN countries and supported the establishment of ASEAN-China Tourism Education Alliance. ACC is willing to maintain close contact with all parties, strengthen mutual learning, innovate the form of tourism exchanges and cooperation, and make greater contributions to the promotion of economic and social development and mutual understanding among the peoples.
The participants of the meeting appraised the positive efforts and important contributions to ACC for promoting tourism cooperation. The management of the UNWTO and local tourism stakeholders also expressed their deep impression by the related tourism activities held by ACC and looked forward to maintaining communication with ACC, strengthening exchanges and cooperation, exploring joint projects and expanding the promotion mechanisms in the development of tourism industry.
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