Where will the first World Tourism Alliance General Assembly be held?

On September 11, the first membership conference of the World Tourism Alliance, the first global, comprehensive, non-governmental, non-profit international tourism organization initiated and established by the China Tourism Association, was held in Chengdu. The World Tourism Alliance was officially established. As an important international tourism organization and an important force in the global tourism governance system, the establishment of the Alliance is a major event in the international tourism industry and one of the important milestones in the history of world tourism development.

In recent years, the world's tourism industry has continued to develop and has become the largest and fastest-growing industry in the global economy. It has become an important driving force in creating jobs, earning foreign exchange from exports, and promoting infrastructure construction. The World Tourism Alliance takes "tourism makes the world a better place" as its core concept and aims at promoting development, poverty alleviation and peace. It aims to enhance international knowledge, share experience, deepen cooperation and promote a sustainable global tourism industry. Sustained and inclusive development. The Alliance and the United Nations World Tourism Organization complement each other and are a two-wheel drive, jointly promoting exchanges and cooperation in the global tourism community at the non-governmental and governmental levels.

The World Tourism Alliance must be oriented towards sustainable development; it must give full play to the important role of tourism in promoting development and promoting poverty alleviation; it must adhere to the concept of "tourism +" and promote the integrated development of tourism and related industries; it must Based on the principle of mutual benefit, we must achieve win-win cooperation; we must actively integrate into the "Belt and Road" initiative. It is hoped that members of the World Tourism Alliance will actively participate in alliance activities and strive to build the World Tourism Alliance into an international tourism standard formulation and release platform, an international tourism investment cooperation platform, an international tourism product expansion and promotion platform, an international tourism industry development research platform, and an international tourism exchange and membership platform. Service Platform.