Bangkok--Jan 31--Aziam Burson-Marsteller
You are kindly invited by the World Tourism Organization to attend the
Press Conference on Accelerating tourism recovery in the areas affected by the tsunami
Besides officially announcing the preliminary results of world tourism in 2004, the main focus of the event will be a report from two meetings held at the Kata Beach Resort in Phuket, Thailand. The Emergency Task Force will meet on 31 January to discuss the actual needs of the areas affected by the tsunami on 26 December 2004 and propose the “Phuket Action Plan” which is expected to be adopted by the WTO Executive Council on 1 February in order to accelerate tourism recovery in the Indian Ocean. A media briefing will be given immediately after the Executive Council session.
The press conference will be held on Wednesday, 2 February 2005, from 14.00 — 16.00 h at Hotel Dusit Thani Bangkok.
Hotel Dusit Thani Bangkok, Dusit Thani Hall
946 Rama IV Road, Bangkok 10500, Thailand
http://bangkok.dusit.com
Speakers will include:
Mr. Sakthip Krairiksh, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and
Sports, Thailand
Mr. Francesco Frangialli, WTO Secretary-General
Mr. Chung Dong-chea, Minister of Culture and Tourism, Republic of
Korea, Chairman of WTO Executive Council
Mr. Peter de Jong, Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Asia Travel
Association (PATA)
Mr. James Murray, Visa Asia Pacific, Executive Vice President
Southeast Asia
Mr. Chanin Donavanik, President of the Thai Hotel Association
Mr. Augusto Huscar, Chief of WTO Marketing Intelligence and Promotion
Mr. Harsh Varma, WTO Chief of Technical Cooperation
Also available for questions and answers: Mr. Ralf Corsten, Mr. German
Porras Olแlla, WTO consultants
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Mr. Rok Klancnik/Ms.Carmen Lopez Mr. James Best ahsa Aziam Burson-Marsteller
WTO Press and Communications Phone: +66 2 252 9871
Department Fax: +66 2 254 8353
Tel.: (34) 91-567-8192 / Fax: (34) [email protected]
91-567-8218
Email: [email protected]
Mobile phone of Mr. Klancnik: +34
669 111 578 End.