Date: 17th October 2024
Time: 13:30-17:00
Venue: COTTM Conference Room, Hall 11, NAEC
Projected number of Participants: 200 persons
Background of the Forum:
At the Third Edition of Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in October 2023, China put forward eight actions for cooperation, which clearly stated: to negotiate and sign free trade agreements and investment protection agreements with more countries; to deepen the opening-up of cross-border service trade and investment. China has become a force for certainty and stability in the recovery of the world economy and the development of international trade and investment, creating more opportunities for the world through its own development. This also means that there will be more opportunities for Chinese enterprises to invest overseas in the future.
COTTM will further implement China’s national strategy of jointly building the “One Belt, One Road”, by organising the “Outbound Tourism Investment and Development Forum” at the “COTTM Conference” in the afternoon of 17th October. The Forum will invite several overseas destination embassies/tourism boards to present their tourism investment policies and to showcase their high-quality investment projects and development opportunities to the industry.
Meanwhile, COTTM will also invite Chinese investment association officials, project investors, hotels, brand management organisations, accommodation and tourism facilities providers who are interested in overseas investment to participate.
The Drafted Schedule
13:30-14:00 Presentation: Prospects, Opportunities and Challenges of Overseas Investment by Chinese Enterprises (by the Chinese Overseas Investment Association)
14:00-14:30 Presentation: Overseas Destination Embassy/Tourism Board presenting investment opportunities
14:30-15:00 Presentation: Overseas Destination Embassies/Tourism Boards
15:00-15:30 Presentation: Overseas Destination project owner/management
15:30-16:00 Presentation: Investment connections with Africa (by Jon Danks, Former CEO of The African Travel and Tourism Association – (ATTA)
16:00-16:20 Presentation: How can China hotel group enhance its brand competitiveness on the road to “going global”? (by a Chinese hotel investor)
16:20-16:40 Presentation: What are Chinese enterprises’ considerations and expectations when choosing overseas destinations for investment. (by a Chinese investor)
Type of Participants: Overseas Ministries of Tourism/Tourism Boards, Embassies and Consulates, Investment association/government officials, Tourism Investment Management, Hotel investors, Brand Management Organisations, tour operators, infrastructure providers, tourism and amusement facilities and operational system providers etc.
(Simultaneous translation service to be provided onsite)
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COTTM Introduction:
The China Outbound Travel and Tourism Market (COTTM), endorsed by the Ministry of Commerce of China, was launched by Tarsus in 2005. As a B2B professional exhibition targeting the Chinese outbound tourism market, COTTM has been successfully held in Beijing for 16 editions. With the theme of “Home of Unique Global Travel Products”, the 17th China Outbound Travel and Tourism Market (COTTM) will be taking place from 16 to 18 October 2024 at the New Hall of the National Agricultural Exhibition Hall in Beijing.
It is projected that at COTTM 2024 there will be 450 exhibitors from about 70 destination countries (regions) exhibiting, including Kazakhstan, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Poland, Tunisia, Pakistan, Egypt, Sarajevo, Bangladesh, Nepal, Dominica, the Republic of San Marino, Kenya, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Finland, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Peru, and Georgia etc.
