WTCF Co-organizing the 4th Beijing International Tourism Commodities Fair

On 24 October, the annual International Tourism Commodities Fair co-organized by Beijing Municipal Commission of Tourism Development and World Tourism Cities Federation opened in China International Exhibition Center in Beijing. Song Yu, Secretary-General of WTCF, attended the event and delivered a speech.

(WTCF Secretary-General Song Yu Making a Speech)

WTCF set a special stand in the International Theme Pavilion to exhibit and promote its city and institutional members to Chinese tourists and exhibitors. Many international tourism institutes, embassies, and WTCF members, including L.A. Tourism and Convention Board, Moroccan National Tourist Office, Royal Nepalese Embassy, Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Embassy of Papua New Guinea, Embassy of the Slovak Republic, Commercial Section of Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, Buenos Aries Tourism Bureau, Beijing Tourism Promotion Office and Korean HanaTour International attended the event to have business negotiations with buyers from all over the world. WTCF members noted that WTCF have built a new marketing and showcasing platform. Visitors and exhibitors expressed great interest to WTCF’s tourism resources and products. They also showed strong will for further understanding and cooperation.

(WTCF sets a special stand in the International Theme Pavilion)

Tourism commodity is an important section of tourism industry, which helps exhibiting the image of cities, improving traveling shopping level and promoting tourism consumption. Based on the previous three sessions, Beijing International Tourism Commodities Fair 2015 gave full play to the advantages of capital, integrated the social quality resources, highlighted the key points and features, further expanded the scale of the exhibition, enhanced the quality of sellers and buyers and increased proportion of international exhibitors. It attracted well-known companies from more than 56 countries, regions, and 16 Chinese provinces. The Fair coverd an area of 45,000 m2, where several pavilions were set including International Tourism Commodities Theme Pavilion, Road Trip Theme Pavilion, Tea Culture Tourism Theme Pavilion, Museum Collection and Creative Design Theme Pavilion and so on.