Published on : Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Aladdin D. Rillo, deputy secretary general of the Asean Economic Community of the Asean Secretariat, informed at the seminar that there is a timeline for Asean tourism that is keen achieve goals by 2025. The Asean region will be endorsed as a quality tourism destination providing unique and miscellaneous Asean experience, and that governments will be committed in terms of responsible, sustainable and inclusive tourism development in a way to contribute significantly to the socio-economic security of locals.
To quote Rillo, “the continued development of the tourism industry will contribute more income to people in Asean and improve their quality of living, and this is vital for the region’s development. To achieve the target, Asean countries must improve their infrastructure and act on the digital transformation that is required to improve the ecosystem for tourism and, in doing so, cope with the rising number of visitors,” he said.
Under the Asean tourism vision for 2025, two most important strategic purposes must be accomplished. First, the competitiveness of Asean as a single global destination must be improved, for which marketing and promotion efforts must be made stronger to support the creation of unique Asean travel experiences and destinations.
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