Busan City Seeks Asia-Pacific Tourism Industry Recovery Plans at TPO 10th General Assembly

"Tourism Normalization and Digital Tourism" Theme, Creating an Opportunity for Tourism Rebound

Nov 9-12, Medan, Indonesia, Sharing Post-COVID Revitalization

The 10th General Assembly of the Asia Pacific City Tourism Promotion Organization (TPO) held in a hybrid format of online and offline.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Busan City and the Asia Pacific Cities Tourism Promotion Organization (hereinafter TPO) held the ‘10th TPO General Assembly’ in a hybrid online and offline format for four days from the 9th to the 12th in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

Under the theme of ‘Tourism Normalization and Digital Tourism,’ approximately 200 participants attended on-site, including Busan City as the chair city, co-chair cities Jeonju and Mungyeong, executive committee cities, and member cities from Indonesia.

The general assembly consisted of an opening ceremony, plenary sessions, session meetings, executive committee meetings, regional meetings, tourism promotion exhibitions, and tourism resource inspections. Given that tourism normalization is an urgent task after COVID-19, the event focused on ▲sharing policies for revitalizing tourism post-COVID-19 ▲presenting and discussing digital promotion cases to explore ways to normalize the tourism industry in the Asia-Pacific region.

Marking its 20th anniversary, TPO reviewed the exchanges and achievements in the tourism industry among major cities in the Asia-Pacific region and announced its 2050 vision. In particular, Busan, the TPO chair city, actively promoted the 2030 World Expo bid to members, spreading enthusiasm for hosting the event in Busan.

Prior to the general assembly, on the 8th, the TPO Secretariat visited the North Sumatra provincial government to discuss tourism promotion after COVID-19 and explained Busan City’s efforts to host the 2030 World Expo.

TPO, with members from 137 cities including Korea, Japan, China, and Malaysia, as well as 56 private members, is actively engaged.

Woo Kyung-ha, Secretary-General of TPO, said, “TPO aims to share information and experiences among members to seek ways to normalize the tourism industry after COVID-19 and to encourage everyone who has faced difficulties. I hope this general assembly serves as an opportunity for the stagnant Asia-Pacific tourism industry to take off again.”

TPO is an international tourism organization in the Asia-Pacific region established to form a network of cities and develop the tourism industry.

Currently, 137 member cities from Korea, Japan, China, Malaysia, and others, along with 56 private members, are participating. The next general assembly is scheduled to be held in Jeonju in 2023.

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