On 19 May 2016, the First World Tourism Development Conference was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The conference was co-hosted by the Chinese Government and the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and co-organized by China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) and the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality.
At the opening ceremony, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, and UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Reifai delivered speeches. UN Undersecretary-General Wu Hongbo read the congratulatory message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Representatives of 107 countries including Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and 14 international organizations as well as experts of tourism sectors in the world totaling more than 1,000 attended the event.
The theme of the conference was “Tourism Foster Peace and Development”. Representatives attending the conference had in-depth exchanges of new experience on the world tourism development and on topics such as the role that tourism played in promoting development and implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of UN, systematic study on promoting international tourism cooperation, promoting integrated development of tourism of the region, advancing balanced and sustainable development of global tourism and letting more people benefit from tourism development, etc. As an important achievement, the Beijing Declaration was formally released during the conference.
H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre, attended the opening ceremony and exchanged views with representatives of the conference.
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