2017 Los Angeles Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit held on September 19

WTCF Los Angeles Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit 2017 was held on September 19. The Summit was themed “Impact of Globalization on World Tourism City Development,” and it attracted about 400 delegates from 51 countries and 87 cities. A total of 37 ministers and mayors, senior managers from international tourism organizations and representatives from international organizations including UNWTO and PATA were invited to attend the summit. Several key personalities from travel and tourism attended the summit.

19 new members were sworn into WTCF at the opening ceremony where promotional films featuring the world tourism city data platform and tourism investment guide were released. Mrs. Raisa Banfiled, Vice-Mayor of Panama City, delivered a speech on behalf of all new members.

During the ceremony, the Los Angeles Declaration of World Tourism Cities Federation was unveiled. Three bid cities made presentations to the Council Meeting, and the city of Helsinki was finally chosen to host the WTCF Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit 2019.

During this Summit, events like tourism exhibition, tourism trade and investment fair and tourism promotion meeting were held by WTCF to aid better communication and collaboration among its members.

During the press briefings, tripartite agreements were signed by WTCF and with Helsinki, Tencent, Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board, Qingdao Tourism Development Committee, and Xiamen Airlines.

The 2017 WTCF Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit has won WTCF worldwide acclaim by exhibiting its quality service, superb leadership, and increasing influence on its members and the global tourism industry. It is expected that WTCF will ring in a new era of global development for the world tourism cities.