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Above:
Team Tanzania in Nanjing, China. A
combined ATA - Africa tourism marketing
team at the World Tourism Marketing
Summit, Nanjing, China in November 2004
included ministry officials from Tanzania
and Zambia
CHINA
BUSINESS NETWORK AND ATA SIGN PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT TO
INCREASE
TRAVEL
AND TOURISM TO AFRICA
Africa
to Shine at 2nd World Tourism Marketing
Summit in Beijing with Africa-China
Supplement in two Coming
Editions
The 2nd
World Tourism Marketing Summit - Beijing
2007 is an opportunity to network and
learn from brightest how to develop
strategies to enhance cooperation between
the international business community and
one of the world's largest tourist
markets. China's emergence as a global
tourism partner is growing at an explosive
rate for both inbound and outbound
traffic. The country hosted a record 124
million travelers in 2006 and the number
of Chinese tourists traveling to foreign
shores will swell to more than 100 million
by 2020.
 TANZANIA
PRESIDENT JAKAYA MRISHO KIKWETE
NAMED HONORARY
GLOBAL CHAIR OF 2ND WORLD TOURISM
MARKETING SUMMIT, Beijing,
China
Vancouver,
Canada: The President of the United
Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Jakaya Mrisho
Kikwete, was named Honorary Global Chair
of the 2nd World Tourism Marketing
Summit(WTMS), which will take place in
Beijing, China, October 28-30, 2007. The
announcement was made by Sujit Chowdhury,
Secretary General, of the Canada-based
World Trade University(WTU), organizer of
the Summit. The Summit, hosted by the
Beijing Tourism Administration of the
People's Republic of China, will bring
together more than 400 travel and tourism
industry leaders from around the
globe.
"My
selection as Honorary Global Chair, as an
African leader, reflects the strong and
growing trade and economic ties between
Africa and China, and the vast untapped
potential that China represents. Travel
and Tourism is the World's largest
Industry and is critical to sustainable
economic development and the generation of
productive employment. For this reason,
the Summit is very timely," stated H.E.
President Kikwete.
Mr.
Chowdhury, in making the announcement,
said "H.E. Kikwete will bring to the
Summit the dynamic and outstanding
leadership that he has already
demonstrated in Tanzania with his ability
to attract major international investment.
This is reflected in that Country's
dramatic growth and development path,
especially in the booming tourism
sector. We are looking forward to
President Kikwete inspiring delegates to
use this converging platform to create new
joint venture
opportunities."
 Following
the huge success of the historic First
World Tourism Marketing Summit held in
November, 2004, in Nanjing, China, the 2nd
WTMS will bring together approximately 400
leading tourism executives, marketing
experts and top operational managers from
over 50 countries, as well as from over
150 major cities of 30 provinces in China.
The Summit will provide an opportunity to
network, explore joint ventures and learn
from the brightest how to develop
strategies to enhance cooperation between
the international business community and
one of the world's largest tourist
markets. Tanzania
Website:
http://www.tanzania.go.tz/
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enlarge
DOING BUSINESS IN
CHINA
Improved
international relations, government
reforms, an expanding economy and
increased foreign investment make doing
business in China a potentially lucrative
affair.Be prepared: Doing business in
China means that business people will come
into increasingly frequent contact with
Chinese business people and officials. It
is imperative that those doing business in
China learn about areas such business
culture, business etiquette, meeting
protocol and negotiation techniques in
order to maximise the potential of their
business trip.
More
AIR
TRAVEL:
Please plan your travel arrangements as
soon as possible as October in Beijing is
"high season". Beijing can be accessed
internationally directly, through
Shanghai
or Hong
Kong.
More
airlline information to come on this
page.
Global
Media Contact
Karen
Hoffman,
Global
Director
Marketing and Public Relations
2nd World Tourism Marketing Summit
C/O The Bradford
Group
347 Fifth Ave. Suite 610,
New York,
NY10016 USA
Tel: + 1-212-447-0027 ,
ax: +
1-212-725-8253
Email: karen@wtuglobal.org
Chinese Media
Contact
Ms. Vivian
Sun
Chief
Operating Officer/Managing Director 2nd
World Tourism Marketing Summit
c/o Starter Mass Communication
1006 East Area, Zhubang 2000 Building
alizhuang Xili 100, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100025, People's Republic of
China
Tel: +86 10 8586
2610/2620/2630,
Fax: +86
10 8586 2640
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