Past events list

The 25th Joint Meeting of the UNWTO Regional Commission for South Asia and the UNWTO Regional Commission for East Asia and the Pacific will be held in Hyderabad, India from the 12^th – 14^th April 2013.

The CSA/CAP Joint Commission meeting is UNWTO´s principal annual event in the Asia Pacific Region, attended last year by over 60 representatives from UNWTO Member...

UNWTO, in collaboration with Hangzhou Tourism Commission, held the UNWTO / HTC High-Level Symposium on MICE Tourism in Hangzhou, China from the 15th-18th October 2012.

This Symposium, the first of its kind to provide a platform for dialogue on MICE tourism among government officials, provided opportunities for the sharing of best practices, trends and strategies in MICE development among UNWTO Member States in the Asia Pacific Region. The Symposium...

UNWTO, in collaboration with PATA, is pleased to announce the 6th UNWTO/PATA Forum on Tourism Trends and Outlook will be held on the 11-13 of October this year in Guilin, China.

The 6^th UNWTO/PATA Forum on

Tourism Trends and...

This event, hosted by the National Tourism Authority of DPR Korea, aims to enhance the competitiveness of DPR Korea as a tourism destination by improving the capability of tourism marketing professionals in the country. The workshop will provide the most recent global tourism trends and marketing tools used in successful destinations in addition to basic marketing. The workshop will also provide suggestions and recommendations to DPR Korea in developing adequate...

The Monitoring Centre for UNWTO Sustainable Tourism Observatories will hold the first Working Conference for UNWTO Sustainable Tourism Observatories during the International Summit Forum, hosted by the Tourism Bureau of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Commission and Administration Committee of Altay, Xinjiang and undertaken by Administration Committee of Kanas Scenic Site and Center for Tourism Research and Planning of Sun Yat-sen University.

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The 1^st Global Tourism Economy Forum was held in Macao SAR, China from 9-11 September 2012. This event was the first hybrid tourism forum in Asia and the Pacific and served as an interactive discussion platform to promote sustainable economic development of world tourism, further establishing tourism as a driving force in global economic development.

UNWTO is the collaboration partner of the Global Tourism Economy Research Centre (GTERC)...

On the 3^rd and 4^th July, UNWTO held two workshops in Myanmar to assess the country´s tourism resources, discuss opportunities and challenges of tourism development and provide insight into best practice examples of tourism development strategies.

The workshops, attended by government members, line ministry officials, tourism board members and industry representatives aimed to present strategic planning scenarios for tourism in...