BEIJING, May 31, sponsored by the Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce authorized Trans Union Tourism Business Association, the World Tourism Economic Research Centre organized the first World Tourism Economic Forum was officially settled Macau.

The first “World Tourism Economic Forum will be held at the Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Center from September 9 to 11. The Forum has been supported by many international organizations, including the United Nations World Tourism Organization, the World Tourism Council, the Pacific Asia Travel Association.

First forum will focus on the closely related with the tourism industry hot topics of economic and industrial explore and dissect the reciprocal and interactive relationship between the tourism and related industries, brings together cross-industry and cross-regional industry leaders, experts and scholars The views and opinions, and create synergies and to open opportunities for cooperation to promote the tourism industry has become a new highlight in the will of the state of global economic growth.

World Tourism Center for Economic Research Chairman and Vice Chairman and Secretary General of World Tourism Economic Forum Pansy Ho said in an interview around the world there is such a forum; to the tourism industry gathered in China, to discuss industry issues and innovative ways more in line with China’s actual needs, but also to establish a model for China’s tourism industry.

She believes that Macao’s gaming industry has developed to a high degree of; with the other tourist destinations have been attached importance to the economic benefits of the gaming industry, Macao also has rich tourism resources in addition to gaming outside area at this time should be pondered how to tap more to show the resources that visitors to Macau’s tourism experience is richer, and then are willing to stay longer and continue to return to Macau tourism. In her view, held in Macao, as the first third of this forum, the local tourism industry will be given to stimulate, to find the way of innovation and transformation. Meanwhile, she also hopes to obtain experience in Macau available to the mainland of China as well as other tourist destinations in the world to learn to use.

Publicly available data show that from January to February this year, mainland tourists to Macao to 2.78 million people, including tourists from Guangdong Province over 1.4 million people, more than half of the other mainland regions. The industry generally believe that the number of visitors and the proportion of province tourists still much room for development. The national “12th Five-Year Plan proposed to support the development of Macau World Tourism and leisure center, the urban development objectives more clearly, clearly. In the world tourism economy, ranking second in China has become one of the world’s major tourism market and the third largest country of destination, Macau is bound to give further play to its tourism potential.