WTCF Delegation Attends the 2018 Summit of the World Culture and Tourism Conference

On October 9, the 2018 Summit of the World Culture and Tourism Conference was held in Xi’an of China’s Shaanxi Province. With the theme of “Fusing Ideas and Talents to Build a Common Future”, the summit, which lasted for two days, was jointly hosted by Xi’an Municipal People’s Government, Shaanxi Provincial Tourism Development Commission, and Ctrip Group. The conference consists of the opening ceremony of the World Culture and Tourism Conference Summit, Xi’an Forum for Building A World Tourism Fashion City, and the World Culture and Tourism Conference’s forums with a series of themes. Those who attended the summit’s opening ceremony include officials from the UNWTO and the foreign embassies and consulates in China, persons in charge from the world’s Fortune 500 tourism enterprises and China’s Fortune 100 tourism enterprises, persons in charge from the Chinese domestic and international tourism destination marketing institutions, persons in charge from the key scenic spots and theme parks, and so on.

WTCF attended the conference as a specially invited partner organization. Mr. Li Baochun, Executive Deputy Secretary-General of WTCF, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. In his speech, Mr. Li affirmed the tourism development of Xi’an. As one of the first member cities of WTCF, China’s Xi’an features profound and beautiful historical and cultural characteristics, an excellent resource advantage, and an important tourism and cultural status. He also emphasized that WTCF is willing to work with its city member Xi’an and its institutional member Ctrip Group to conduct culture and tourism development, and push forward the global tourism industry to a new era.

After that, as an honored guest, Executive Deputy Secretary-General Li Baochun also witnessed the unveiling ceremony of the “Permanent Site of the World Culture and Tourism Conference Settled in Xi’an Chan-ba”.

After the opening ceremony, Executive Deputy Secretary-General Li Baochun joined the “closed door earnest meeting” of the summit and also spoke at the meeting. He proposed fair suggestions on the current international tourism industry’s development status and Xi’an’s tourism features and history and culture, and so on. Other honored guests who participated in the meeting delivered keynote speeches such as China’s Online Tourism Development Big Data Report in the First Half of 2018, and the 2018 Global Travel Word-Of-Mouth List Poll Launch and Tourism Big Data Innovation, to discuss how the world culture heritage creates the internationalized culture and tourism brand, and other themes.