About 800 delegates are scheduled to attend the 50th National Congress of the Portuguese Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies (APAVT) at the Galaxy International Convention Center in Cotai from 1-5 December, according to the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO).
Macau will use this opportunity to provide a firsthand update to the Portuguese travel trade about the SAR’s new dynamic development as a world centre of tourism and leisure, as well as to showcase the city’s advantages as an international platform, helping to expand international visitor source markets, the tourism office has pointed out.
Hosted by MGTO and co-hosted by Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG), the congress, themed “75 Years Looking to the Future”, will present around 20 speakers, including Portugal’s Secretary of State for Tourism, Trade and Services Pedro Machado, Secretary of State for Infrastructure Hugo Espirito Santo, APAVT President Pedro Costa Ferreira, European Travel Agents’ and Tour Operators’ Associations (ECTAA) President Frank Oostdam, as well as MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes and GEG Director Philip Cheng, among others.
It will be the sixth time the congress is held in Macau. Macau has previously hosted the congress in 1982, 1990, 1996, 2008 and 2017. More details can be found via this link.
Source: MGTO
Image: Unsplash/Chromatograph
COMMENTS