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World Federation of Tourism Cities

According to reports, the members of the Federation are divided into city members and institutional members. The first batch of applicants to join the Federation are 20 foreign cities, 17 domestic cities and 10 travel agencies.

Foreign cities include (in alphabetical order) Amsterdam (Netherlands), Barcelona (Spain), Berlin (Germany), Brussels (Belgium), Budapest (Hungary), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Cairo (Egypt), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Dublin (Ireland), Jakarta (Indonesia), Lisbon (Portugal) and Los Angeles. Rome (Italy), Riga (Latvia), Sapporo (Japan), Seoul (Korea), Tel Aviv-Jaffa (Israel), Vienna (Austria), London, Athens, Wales, Edinburgh and other eight famous overseas tourist cities.

Domestic cities include Beijing, Tianjin, Chongqing, Taiyuan, Dalian, Mudanjiang, Harbin, Nanjing, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Xiamen, Qingdao, Luoyang, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Kunming, Xi and Jiaozuo.

Relevant organizations include: Japan Communications Corporation (JTB Group), American Asia Travel Service, Tui Group (Germany), Kempinski Hotel Management Group, China International Airlines Co., Ltd. (China International Airlines), China International Travel Service Co., Ltd. (China Travel Service), China Travel Service Co., Ltd. (China Travel Service), China Youth Travel Service Holdings Co., Ltd. (China Youth Travel Service) and Beijing BTG Group (China Travel Service).

Lu Yong introduced that in 20 12, the Federation will hold the World Tourism City Beijing Xiangshan Summit, during which the first general meeting of the Federation will be held and the first Council will be produced. At the same time, it plans to hold the World Tourism City Expo and other activities.

The establishment of the World Federation of Tourism Cities (WTCF) has been highly praised by international tourism organizations such as the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) and the Asia-Pacific Tourism Association (PATA), and has been strongly supported by local governments and tourism bureaus of member cities.