WTCF Holds the 2018 New Year Reception in Beijing

Song Yu, Secretary-General of WTCF, describes the work of WTCF

As the 2018 traditional Chinese Spring Festival is around the corner, WTCF held the 2018 New Year Reception in Beijing to express its gratitude to those that support and help WTCF, including tourism organizations, city members, institutional members, media, and the offices of the embassies and consulates to China of the WTCF member countries. In addition, WTCF also introduced the participating guests the work it has accomplished. 20 ambassadors and Charge D'affaires from Portugal, Estonia, Latvia, Cuba and Colombia attended the event, as well as more than 100 distinguished guests from 64 countries including representatives from SCO, UN, etc.

Wang Shujuan, Deputy Director of Qingdao Tourism Administration, gives a speech during the event as the representative of the host of Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit 2018

WTCF is the world’s first international tourism organization focusing on cities. With its growing appeal, capacity, leadership and influence in the tourism industry, WTCF is credited as the fastest-growing international tourism organization.

Francisco Carlo Escobar Pedreschi, Ambassador of Panama, gives a speech during the event

Guided by the core vision of “Better City Life through Tourism”, WTCF provides tourism services to its members that cover the entire tourism industrial chain. It aims to facilitate exchanges and cooperation among members, spread the experience of tourism city development, promote tourism products and resources, and contribute to the development and prosperity of world tourism industry. Starting with 58 members when it was founded, WTCF has now grown into an international tourism organization with 128 city members, 65 institutional members and 6 sub-committees. City members cover 62 countries and territories. Its institutional members include travel agencies, mass media, airports, airline companies, hotel groups, cruise companies and financial firms.

Venue of the WTCF 2018 New Year Reception

As the city tourism industry keeps moving forward, WTCF will continuously persist in upholding the concept of cooperation and win-win development. WTCF will strengthen the cooperation between cities, between cities and institutions, and between institutions, emphasize member services, make great efforts to build a communication platform for the cooperation and win-win development of the world tourism cities, and finally play a more important role in the world tourism development.

Performance during the WTCF 2018 New Year Reception