BUILDING AN OUTSTANDING WORLD-CLASS TOURISM DESTINATION

Tourism Destination can be conceptualised in many ways. They are often defined as the ‘pulling power’ or ‘magnetism’ that attracts tourist to a specific city or certain location. The creation of distinctive destination which stand out in a competitive environment is important. The success of a destination relies on development of right products, deployment of effective mechanism and tools to support visitation and the effective communications with the market.

A destination also needs to be planned to achieve sustainable tourism development that respect local community, create appropriate employment, maintains the natural environment, and delivers a quality visitor experience. When commercialised properly, a means of generating that stimulates economic growth is possible.

The World Tourism Destinations Forum 2018 (WTDF 2018), themed “BUILDING AN OUTSTANDING WORLD-CLASS TOURISM DESTINATION”, is designed to provide an interactive platform for municipalities, city planning and development experts, tourism and hospitality products and services providers, government leaders, policy makers and captains of industry from across the region to converge; meet face to face to discuss a wide spectrum of issues pertaining to tourism destinations planning, development and management. This will be an ideal platform to share practical frameworks and best practices at the same time discover and capitalise the rise of digital technologies in tourism destination planning, development, management and marketing. WTDF 2018 will also serves as a platform to connect, explore and align goals, objectives and business model as part of the tourism destination ecosystem reliance.

 World Tourism Destination Forum 2018 Testimonial

1. Sri Lanka: Remarkable Growth of Cruise Ships at Port of Colombo
   A remarkable growth of the cruise ships calling at the Port of Colombo has been reported in this year. According to the records of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, 45 cruise ships have been called...
2. Gorkha – The Booming Educational Tourism Hub
   Gandaki’s Gorkha is now an educational tourism hub! Lately, the district’s tourism increased due to frequent students visits from across Gorkha. On a daily basis, a total of 600-800 students visit the Gorkha museum. Many visit...
3. Need of the Hour: Digitization of Every Aspect of Tourism
   The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTCA) and Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) celebrated 39th World Tourism Day on September 27 at Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu, as per the UNWTO theme of “Tourism and Digital Transformation”...
4. Nepal Tourism Shines at the 5th Sichuan International Travel Expo (SCITE)
   Nepal, Country of Honor at the 5th Sichuan International Travel Expo (SCITE) 18 held in Leshan, China from 6 to 9 Sept 2018 received unprecedented religious and tourism mileage as the Birthplace of Lord ...
5. Tourism Income Grows to Record Rs67B Last Fiscal
   Nepal earned a record Rs67.09 billion in foreign exchange from the tourism industry in the last fiscal year 2017-18 which ended mid-July, according to the statistics of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB). The figure represents a...
6. Sikkim Builds Road to Nepal for Trade and Tourism
   Uttarey (West Sikkim): The Sikkim government is constructing a road that will connect Uttarey, a quaint village in West Sikkim, to Chiwa Bhanjyang located at a height of about 10,500ft on the border with Nepal. Once...
7. Infrastructure Upgrades to Draw Tourism Investors in Sri Lanka's Mannar
   The Sri Lankan government will develop Mannar as a tourism destination, building on the efforts of the Canadian government by modernising infrastructure, a minister said. Tourism Development Minister John Amaratunga said that he will be sending...
8. Tourist Arrivals in Nepal Grow 9.6 Pct in May
   Tourist arrivals in Nepal continued its upward trend, increasing by 9.6 percent in May year on year, according to statistics released by Department of Immigration on Wednesday. A total of 68,825 foreign tourists visited Nepal in...
9. South Korean Investors Eye Asean Tourism Industry
   SOUTH KOREAN investors are interested in expanding their investment in the tourism industry throughout the Asean bloc due to strong interest of international tourists in the region. For example, Daewoo Amara Co Ltd has expanded its...
10. On the Road to Tourism Success
    Ken Leong is a pragmatist who would not waste time on something unless he can make substantive enough contributions and gain from it. But there’s always something that fascinates him about Myanmar – the resilience and...