WTCF and Côte d'Ivoire Bureau of Tourism Co-host the Cote d'Ivoire Tourism Meeting at BITE 2018

On June 15, the Beijing International Tourism Expo 2018 (BITE 2018) kicked off at the China National Convention Center in Beijing. World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF), and Côte d'Ivoire Bureau of Tourism co-hosted the Cote d'Ivoire tourism meeting.

Mr. Li Baochun, WTCF Executive Deputy Secretary-General; Mr. Santiero Jean-Marie SOMET, Director General of Côte d’Ivoire Tourisme "Office National Du Tourisme"; and Mr. Kouassi Kakou Camille, Counsellor of Embassy of the Republic of Cote d' Ivoire, attend the meeting. Mr. Kouassi Kakou Camille thanked WTCF for the support of this meeting, and he welcomed WTCF members to attend an international tourism expo, the first professional tourism expo in western Africa, which will be held in Abidjan on 27 April, 2019.

More than 10 travel agencies, which are also the institutional members of WTCF including CITS, CTS, Tuniu.com, uzai.com and CAISSA Touristic, etc., attend the meeting as well as travel agencies from Côte d’Ivoire. Abidjan, the capital of Côte d’Ivoire is a member city of WTCF and the meeting shows the effectiveness of WTCF providing service for member cities. WTCF developed the cooperative platform for city members and institution members to let them showcase their tourism resource and tourism policies. Having face to face communication with China’s top travel agencies and OTAs will assist in releasing Abidjan and Cote D'ivoire travel products in China, and help Chinese travel companies release characteristic travel products of Abidjan and Cote D'ivoire.