WTCF Expert Committee Re-election Meeting is Held

The Expert Committee of World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) was established in June, 2013. As one of the earliest established sub-committees, the Expert Committee focuses on WTCF’s key task of carrying out special research on major issues and participating in decision-making advisories. In recent years, the work of the Expert Committee has been running smoothly and effectively, and the relationship between WTCF Secretariat and the experts has become increasingly closer. The committee has made important contributions to the construction and development of WTCF.

According to the “Statutes of Expert Committee of World Tourism City Federation” the Re-election Meeting of the Expert Committee is to be held in 2017. In March 26, 2017, on the occasion of the 2017 World Tourism City Federation Asia Pacific Tourism Conference, WTCF held the re-election meeting of the Expert Committee in Penang, Malaysia. At the meeting, the revised draft of the “Statutes of Expert Committee of World Tourism City Federation” was approved. Prof. Karl Wöber, President of MODUL University Vienna, was elected as Director of the Expert Committee and Wei Xiao’an was elected as Chief Expert of the committee. During the meeting, new Expert Committee members including Deputy Directors of Expert Committee and Members of Expert Committee were elected. In addition, Dr. Song Rui and other 5 experts were appointed as Specialty Experts.

Song Yu, Secretary-General of WTCF attended the meeting. He first expressed his gratitude for the outstanding work of the experts during the last four years, and presented trophies and appointment letters to the new Expert Committee members.

During the meeting, attendees had active discussions on several key issues, including increasing the committees’ influence among WTCF and the tourism industry, enhancing the structure of the committee, and promoting research cooperation between tourism cities and institutions. In addition, the experts discussed other research topics, namely the theme of the WTCF Los Angeles Fragrant Hills Summit 2017 and the “Tourism Services Guidelines of World Tourism Cities.”