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March 25th,
2007
Global
Attendance
The World Tourism
Conference 2007 is expected to attract delegates
from 70 countries to Malaysia. So far
representatives from 12 countries have confirmed
their participation and more are expected next
month. Being held in Asia, at least 60% of the
international delegates are expected from the
ASEAN countries and China, India and Korea. In
attendance will be a large number of
representatives from international NGOs on
tourism, environmental protection, nature
conservation, human rights, cultural
integration, poverty alleviation, world peace
and health.
March 17th,
2007
Visit by UNWTO
Representative for Asia and Pacific, Mr Xu Jing
Mr Xu Jing was on
a 2 day working trip to Kuala Lumpur from 17 to
19 March 2007 to finalise the preparations for
the World Tourism Conference. There was a
working lunch with HE Datuk Dr Victor Wee,
Secretary General, Ministry of Tourism, Malaysia
followed by an inspection of Shangri-la Hotel,
the host hotel of the event. He said the event
is expected to be attended by Tourism Ministers
and tourism representatives of the 150 governments who
are members of UNWTO.
Malaysia to
showcase HomeStay programme
Delegates will get
to have a taste of Malaysian homestay program
when they participate in the post-Conference
technical tour.
May 15th 2007
Concorde Hotel
- Fully booked due to overwhelming response
Concorde Hotel is
overbooked due to overwhelming response. Special
Superior Room package at Shangri-la Hotel is
available.
Tourism
Ministers in attendance
VVIP participants
in the World Tourism Conference include the
Minister of Tourism of the following countries:
Maldives, Yemen, Lesotho, Solomon Islands, Sudan
and of course, Malaysia.
Latest Speakers
Ms. King Chi Au
Commissioner for Tourism, Hong Kong Special
Region and H.E. Dr. Mahmood Shaugy, Minister of
Tourism and Civil Aviation Ministry of Tourism
and Civil Aviation, Maldives (represented by
Deputy Minister) are the latest
confirmed speakers.
May 25th 2007
Malaysia
Airlines supports Conference with 100 free air
tickets
Malaysia Airlines,
in support of World Tourism Conference is
offering 140 AD75 (75% discount) return
air-tickets to deserving tourism leaders in the
Government, NGO, Media and Academia sectors. Air
tickets are ex Europe, Americas, Indian
Sub-Continent, Asia, Middle East, Africa,
Australia and East Malaysia.
To book please
email: Mr Lee at
leechoonloong@discoverymice.com
Registration
extended
Due to
overwhelming response, REGISTRATIONS with
payment is extended beyond May 15 until further
notice. Click here for instant registration and
payment.. Simultaneous translation in Arabic,
Mandarin, French and Spanish is available for
Conference sessions.
Air Asia offers
special packages for Conference participants
AirAsia GoHoliday,
a subsidiary of AirAsia in support of the World
Tourism Conference offers special flight & room
packages for delegates departing from Indonesia,
Thailand and other states in Malaysia to Kuala
Lumpur. Log into http://www.airasia.com/site/en/goholiday/home.jsp
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