Asian Tourism Ministers debate growth strategies
Written on June 15, 2006 by a2zMacau
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As Asia`s tourism boom continues, top officials gathered in Macau for the World Tourism Organization`s (UNWTO) first Ministerial Roundtable, aimed at identifying the best policies for coping with rapid growth and ensuring that it is sustainable.
"Despite a series of problems in recent years, Asian tourism has increased its resilience and become the motor of tourism growth worldwide," said UNWTO Secretary-General Francesco Frangialli in opening the roundtable along with Macao Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah.
The global pattern of tourist flows is being redrawn with one out of every five international tourists now choosing a destination in Asia and increasing numbers of Asian themselves travelling overseas. An estimated 156 million tourists visited the region in 2005, up more than 7% over the previous year despite the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami.
Source | TravelDailyNews.com
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