World Tourism Cities Federation Member Participation Invitation Letter for the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing, China

The International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing, China is an A1-category international horticultural exhibition hosted by the Chinese Government and organized by Beijing Municipal Government. The Expo 2019 will be held in Beijing, China from April 29 to October 7, with the theme of “Live Green, Live Better.” The Expo will be an important stage for demonstrating the achievements of China's ecological civilization construction and promoting international exchanges and cooperation in green industries; an important opportunity to promote the concept of green development, boost the way of economic development and the transformation of residents’ lifestyles; and a vivid practice of building a beautiful China. It has been confirmed that 110 countries and international organizations as well as more than 120 non-official participants including well-known institutions of higher learning, research institutes, professional associations, enterprises, and others will attend the exhibition. The audience is expected to amount to 16 million visitors throughout the duration of the Expo.

The Expo activities will be splendid. During the day for the professional audience, senior leaders of the Chinese government and heads of government from different nations will have a special tour of the Expo, buyers and sellers of the tourism industry will conduct one-on-one exchanges, travel route products will be sold on site, special promotion of tourist destinations will be held, the media publicity and visit day will be held, and so on. During the day for the regular audience, activities such as souvenir exhibition and sales, destination interactive experience, quiz contests with prizes, gardening display, and other activities will be held.

With its booth set up, World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) will attend the Expo from the beginning to the end, and will provide exhibition and negotiation areas for free for its members, which can be used for publicity, exhibition, promotion and negotiation, sales of tourism products, and so on. At the same time, WTCF will hold a variety of tourism trade fairs and special promotion meetings during the Expo. Members are cordially invited to participate.

World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) set up booth

WTCF Will Provide the Following Free Services for Its Participating Members:

The exhibition area will be divided into WTCF Exhibition Area and WTCF Member Exhibition Area, and the number of its participating members that exhibit themselves during the same period cannot exceed ten cities / organizations.

1. WTCF will provide a 1-3 square meter exhibition area for free for each of its participating members, and these members can make use of light boxes, posters or the display of their pamphlets, and other ways to promote themselves;

2. Each participating member can exhibit their resources for 1-2 weeks (If there are special requirements, we can negotiate separately);

3. In the member exhibition area, the participating members can conduct publicity, exhibition, promotion, negotiation, product selling, and so on. Sales of goods must comply with the relevant regulations of the Expo;

4. After the member application is approved, the participating members can sell their tourism products in the member exhibition area. The Expo and WTCF will provide WTCF members with customs consultation, warehousing, and other services free of charge;

5. During the exhibition, WTCF will provide its members (no more than two employees for each city / organization) with work lunch and daily round trip transportation (The Expo site - public transport / designated hotel);

6. WTCF will provide its participating members with preferential prices to book cooperative hotels, and assist in consultation with personnel visas, insurance, air tickets, and other services required for the exhibition;

7. During the exhibition period, WTCF will hold the member theme event day (such as destination promotion, featured cultural performance, etc.), membership promotion meetings, negotiation meetings, the media publicity day, etc.

8. If the WTCF member is unable to participate in the exhibition, they can send promotional videos or other promotional materials to WTCF. WTCF will display and promote these materials for its members free of charge at the exhibition site.

If you are interested in the exhibition, please email back your intent form to expo2019@wtcf.org.cn to confirm registration before April 30, 2019.

Secretariat of WTCF

February 11, 2019

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