• International Cultural Tourism Summit , World Hotel Forum to be held in Haikou

    International Cultural Tourism Summit , World Hotel Forum to be  held in Haikou

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    A series of activities of “International Cultural and Tourism Summit and World Hotel Forum” will be held in Haikou, China on  November 18 – 19 this year on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of the establishment of World Hotel Association (WHA) and Pan tourism cultural system.

    The theme of the forum is “rescue and carefree – the light of economic revival of the global cultural and tourism industry”. It aims to discuss on various issues of cultural tourism , hotel and tourism industry , cross-border playing methods and forward trend of large accommodation industry under the environment of rethinking the nature of market and commerce.

    Representatives from more than ten countries and regions including the United States, France, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Myanmar, Hong Kong and Macao will attend the “2020 International Summit on culture and tourism and the 13th World Hotel Forum”.

    In addition, about 10 provincial and ministerial leaders will attend the summit and forum , and more than 300 presidents and top officials of more than 30 international enterprises and well-known Chinese enterprise groups are expected to participate at the forum, according to a statement issued by WHA.

    Supported by Haikou Municipal People’s government, Hainan Provincial Department of tourism , Ministry of culture and tourism, China Tourism Publishing House, World Hotel Association, international tourism and hotel Federation of the United Nations Department of economic and social affairs,  Pan tourism culture group, International Research Institute of culture and tourism, Hainan satellite TV,  Shanghai Pan Travel Culture Communication , and pan travel (Beijing) International Culture Communication Company , the summit and forum is expected to be an important event to revive tourism .

    October 27 , 2020

    Image : A view of Sanya Bay in Hainan province. Photo courtesy – chinadaily.com.cn

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