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Macau to host Global Tourism Economy Forum

In a bid to strengthen ties with China’s prime tourist destination and further develop Macau’s tourism, world experts will gather for the third edition of the world’s top trade event.

In a bid to strengthen ties with China’s prime tourist destination and further develop Macau’s tourism, world experts will gather for the third edition of the world’s top trade event.

Tourism experts are set to flock to the Venetian Macau for the third edition of the Global Tourism Economy Forum.
Scheduled to from 27-29 October 2014, this year’s forum, titled “Maritime Silk Road – From Macau We Begin”, will explore strategic intercontinental cooperation in tourism and business opportunities across nations.

It will also delve into the cooperation among provinces and cities along the Maritime Silk Road Route route, carrying on the same exploratory spirit of China’s predecessors who reshaped the economic landscape decades ago.

Forums such as these are crucial to the world’s tourism-oriented destinations, such as Macau, as they assist in assessing and quantifying the value of travel and tourism’s contribution to the country’s GDP and employment rates.

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“As Macau undertakes the mission to develop into a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure, it is essential to possess a global vision and knowledge of the current trends in the world,” Chief of Office of the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Cecília Cheung said.

“We expect the third edition of GTEF to gather tourism heavyweights and experts who can share insightful perspectives around this year’s theme while exploring new drives and elements which the Maritime Silk Road can become to enhance regional and global tourism development.”

While this is the first time delegates from Dubai, Greece, Sri Lanka and Malaysia will join the forum, the event has previously attracted close to 1,000 delegates from around the world in a bid to strengthen connections with Macau’s travel trade as well as bolstering regional and international tourism development.

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