ICTP supports Myanmar’s bold new tourism leap
Myanmar :The International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) supports Myanmar’s bold new tourism leap and calls for green growth leadership.
ICTP is a fast growing Hawaii, Brussels and Seychelles-based global alliance of more than 100 tourism destinations, associations and private stakeholders as members.
Attending the World Economic Forum’s East Asia Summit , Professor Geoffrey Lipman, President of ICTP and a Member of the WEF’s Global Agenda Council complimented the government of Myanmar on its newly-released Tourism Master Plan.
Presenting “Sustainability Principles” on behalf of the Forum’s “High Level Travel & Tourism Meeting” to U Atay Aung, the Union Minister of Hotels and Tourism Lipman said that “We all believe enthusiastically in Myanmar’s vision and strategic planning to boost tourism as a vital tool for development, job creation and nation building – we also believe that with our continuing collective support, embodied in these “Guiding Principles for Sustainability” in the sector, you will be able to put green on the same page as growth.”
Lipman, who will moderate the Forum’s Travel & Tourism session also released a full supportive statement from The International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) as set out below.
Myanmar is at a vital crossroads in its economic and social re-awakening. It is one of the real examples in our lifetimes of a country with a chance to move rapidly and constructively from the backwaters into the mainstream of global affairs, and to deal positively with its own transformational challenges and opportunities, while coping with those of the new orient centric, BRICS buoyant, hyper-connected world into which it is emerging.
More information on ICTP: http://www.tourismpartners.org
