{"id":174791,"date":"2019-10-30T18:51:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T18:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgianewsdesk.com\/news\/story\/174791\/imta-2019-annual-conference-took-place-in-guiyang.html"},"modified":"2019-10-30T18:51:06","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T18:51:06","slug":"imta-2019-annual-conference-took-place-in-guiyang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.honolulunewsnow.com\/news\/story\/174791\/imta-2019-annual-conference-took-place-in-guiyang.html","title":{"rendered":"IMTA 2019 Annual Conference took place in Guiyang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"15\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.getnews.info\/uploads\/e96d36955a5d64b50d6e0916bfeabb41.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"15\" style=\"text-align: justify\">From 27 to 29 October, the 2019 Annual Conference of the International Mountain Tourism Alliance (IMTA) took place at the newly-inaugurated headquarters building in Guiyang. Among over 400 attendees were members, new applicants, international organizations, destination administrations, relevant institutions, tourism experts and scholars, as well as journalists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"15\" style=\"text-align: justify\">With the theme &#8220;Working Together&nbsp;to Build a Community with a&nbsp;Shared Future in&nbsp;Mountain Tourism&#8221;, with focus on major issues such as ecology, green, environmental protection, poverty alleviation&nbsp;and innovation, the conference will explore a path for the sustainable development of world mountain tourism in a global context, and provide case reference and theoretical guidance for practices of sustainable mountain tourism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"15\" style=\"text-align: justify\">At 9 AM 28 October, the Inaugural Ceremony of the IMTA Headquarters took place. Leaders of IMTA, Guizhou&nbsp;province and Guiyang city, as well as the guest hosts jointly cut the ribbon for the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.getnews.info\/uploads\/61039e44492861366cdc12c77c77f559.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"15\" style=\"text-align: justify\">At the Opening Ceremony, Dominique de Villepin, President of IMTA, delivered a keynote speech entitled &#8220;Prospect for Economic Globalization and&nbsp;World Mountain Tourism&#8221;; He Yafei, Secretary-General&nbsp;of IMTA, delivered the IMTA 2019 Work Report; President Dominique de Villepin, Vice President Shao Qiwei and Secretary General He Yafei presented IMTA membership certificates to new members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\">Apart from the Opening Ceremony, the conference also includes the IMTA Council Meeting and the Theme Forum. The Theme Forum focused on &#8220;Working Together&nbsp;to Build a Community with a&nbsp;Shared Future in&nbsp;Mountain Tourism&#8221;. International organizations, members, renowned experts, as well as cultural, tourism and sports circles discussed hot issues such as progress of international mountain&nbsp;tourism and 2030 Sustainable Development Goals&nbsp;of the United Nations, poverty alleviation through mountain tourism, environmental protection and green development, and the new trend of integrated development of culture, tourism&nbsp;and sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p\" style=\"text-align: justify\" align=\"justify\">Other activities during the conference include the &#8220;The Docking Meeting on Mountain Tourism under the Belt and Road&#8221;, the IMTA Annual &nbsp;Conference Exhibition and Hiking Experience Activities in the&nbsp;Shuanglong Ecological Park.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">IMTA is a non-governmental and non-profit international organization initiated by Guizhou Province, and constituted by tourism institutions, groups, enterprises and individuals in key mountain countries and regions in the world on a voluntary basis. Currently it has 155 members from 30 countries and regions in five continents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"caps\"><span style='font-size:18px !important'>Media Contact<\/span><br \/><strong>Company Name:<\/strong> Imtaweb<br \/><strong>Contact Person:<\/strong> Mr. Liu Guosong<br \/><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.universalpressrelease.com\/?pr=imta-2019-annual-conference-took-place-in-guiyang'>Send Email<\/a><br \/><strong>Country:<\/strong> China<br \/><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imtaweb.net\" target=\"_blank\">www.imtaweb.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.getnews.info\/press_stat.php?pr=imta-2019-annual-conference-took-place-in-guiyang\" alt=\"\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From 27 to 29 October, the 2019 Annual Conference of the International Mountain Tourism Alliance (IMTA) took place at the newly-inaugurated headquarters building in Guiyang. 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