Ernest Wooden Jr., Pres. and CEO of Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board and WTCF Secretariat Discuss the Preparatory Work of 2017 Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit

On May 15th, 2017, while representing WTCF as an international organization participating in the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, Mr. Ernest Wooden Jr., Vice-Chairman of WTCF Council and Pres. and CEO of Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board, conversed with WTCF Secretary-General Song Yu and WTCF staff.

The 2017 World Tourism Cities Federation Los Angeles Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit will be held in Los Angeles from September 19th to 20th, and will adopt the theme of “Globalization and Tourism City Development.” During the summit, many activities will be held including keynote speeches, council meetings, forums, a tourism investment fair, a tourism trade fair, and a tourism exhibition.

Both parties exchanged ideas regarding issues of the summit preparatory work. This will be the second time that the Fragrant Hills Summit to be held in a WTCF member city outside of China, and also the first time that it will be held in a city in Americas. This proves that WTCF is gradually growing into a more influential international organization.

Mr. Ernest Wooden Jr. said, “It’s a great honor to represent WTCF to have participated in the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. We are very happy to hold the 2017 Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit in Los Angeles.” Mr. Ernest Wooden Jr. also mentioned that the “Belt and Road” proposed by the Chinese government will better boost the interconnection and intercommunication between different countries on issues such as economy, trade, culture, tourism, and other fields. WTCF has done lots of positive and pragmatic work for its member cities. As the Vice-Chairman City of WTCF Council, Los Angeles will help WTCF’s “Belt and Road” member cities to positively develop the tourism industry into their backbone industry in the future.

Secretary-General Song Yu expressed his gratitude to Mr. Ernest Wooden Jr. for his support of the work of WTCF, meanwhile using this opportunity to introduce the recent principal activities of WTCF. He said that WTCF will continuously build up the service platform for its members, through which its members from different regions and with different levels of development can learn from each other.

About 400 individuals will participate in the 2017 World Tourism Cities Federation Los Angeles Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit, where a number of government leaders, world tourism cities’ top leaders, and important members of international organizations are expected to gather. Additionally, leaders of the world tourism industry, famous media, financial capital and investment fields, and internet media platforms will also participate. This will be an exciting and wonderful summit.