World Travel & Tourism Council has confirmed it could hold its regional Asia Summit in Korea in September, in recognition of the hot acceleration of tourism within the region.
WTTC Asia Summit will occur in Seoul from September 10th-11th.
The public sector and leading private sector organisations in Korea are hosting the Summit, that will bring tourism leaders together from all over the world to have interaction in lively debate around current issues and future trends.
Speakers will include chief executives from regional and global hotel companies, airlines, cruise lines, tour operators, travel management and online agencies; ministers of tourism; high level representatives from the NGO sector and opinion formers from the arena of finance, academia and the media.
WTTC president David Scowsill said: “The Summit can have a pan-Asian focus and address economic and travel related issues, that are of significant importance to at least one of the world’s most necessary tourism regions.
“Leaders within the region are really keen to remain prior to tomorrow, and notice how countries can find innovative methods to help increase tourism benefits and interact to facilitate sustainable growth.”
The continuous increasing demand for travel in Asia is due to the healthy emerging economies across lots of the region.
Figures released by WTTC today show that Asia has led tourism growth in 2012, with 7.3 per cent total tourism year-on-year growth in contribution to GDP in south-east Asia, 6.3 per cent in north-east Asia and 4 per cent in south Asia, compared with a growth contribution to GDP of only 0.4 per cent in Europe.