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GUIYANG, China, Nov. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

On November 18th, the 2020 International Mountain Tourism Alliance Annual

Conference opened in Guiyang. More than 300 people from international

organizations, IMTA members, tourism industry experts, scholars, and

entrepreneur representatives gathered at the headquarters of IMTA to conduct

in-depth discussions on the recovery and revitalization of the tourism industry

after the pandemic through online and offline.

This Annual Conference is hosted by the International Mountain Tourism

Alliance. UNWTO, WTTC, PATA, GTEF, WTA, WTCF, ASEAN-China Centre, WCCO and

other well-know international organizations and associations provided powerful support.

Since the beginning of this year, COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented impact

and influence on the global mountain tourism industry. Currently, COVID-19 has

been effectively controlled in China, and the tourism industry has recovered

significantly. However, from a global perspective, the pandemic has not been

effectively controlled, and it is still raging in some countries and regions.

The global tourism industry is facing many challenges and uncertainties in the future.

The 2020 IMTA Annual Conference is concentrated on the theme of "The Path of

Mountain Tourism Development in the Post-COVID World". During the annual

conference, the participants focused on this major topic, and discuss depth in

how to promote the revitalization and quality of mountain tourism after the

pandemic, and provide thoughts guidance and practice support for global

mountain tourism management and promotion of global tourism industry.

The annual conference adopted a sort of innovative methods to broadcast,

including the combination of online and offline, the connection of on-site and

off-site, in Facebook, Twitter, Sina News, Colorful Guizhou News Website,

Zhongwang News APP, and some other domestic and foreign new media platforms to

spread the grand occasion of this annual conference to the audience in time.

The correlate activities of the 2020 IMTA Annual Conference included the

"Mountain Hero Club, Marvelous Roadside Scenery" the First Summit of China

Self-Driving Tourism Industry Association Provincial Presidents and the

Promotion of Guizhou Classic Self-Driving Tour Routes, Entrepreneurs Forum on

"Facilitating Mountain Tourism in Guizhou Province", Themed Salon of IMTA

Members, Photography Exhibition of "Dialogue between Guizhou Mountain Tourism

and Famous Mountains in the World", "8·9·00"Concept Meeting on New Demands,

Market and Consumption, Mountain Tourism & Culture Exhibition.

Review Links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gb02wGVZS0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aigg44qYnKc

SOURCE: Guiyang Tourism Development Committee;International Mountain Tourism Alliance

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