ʻO ka World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) i kēia lā hoʻolaha e hui nā alakaʻi honua mai ka ʻoihana Travel & Tourism i ka mua WTTC Hui Pūʻulu alakaʻi ʻEulopa ma Lisbon, Pokukala ma 11 Kepakemapa 2018.
Hoʻokipa ʻia e Ana Mendes Godinho, Kakauolelo o ka Mokuʻāina no ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Pokukala, a me Turismo de Portugal, ʻo kēia hanana kono wale nō e hui pū i nā Luna Nui a me nā alakaʻi kūloko o nā hui Travel & Tourism kiʻekiʻe mai ʻEulopa, me nā Kuhina Tourism a me nā loea kūloko. .
ka WTTC E hoʻokomo ka European Leaders Forum i kahi hui o nā alakaʻi e kūkākūkā i ʻehā o nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e kū nei i ka ʻāpana Travel & Tourism o ka ʻāina: ke kuleana o ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale, ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka hana, ka wehe ʻana i ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi o ʻEulopa, a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā mea hou. mākaʻikaʻi.
HE Manuel Caldeira Cabral, Kuhina Waiwai, Pokukala, HE Ana Mendes Godinho, Kākau'ōlelo o ka Moku'āina no ka mākaʻikaʻi, Pokukala, Peter Fankhauser, Luna Nui, Thomas Cook Group, a me Pierfrancesco Vago, Luna Hoʻokele, MSC Cruises e hui pū ʻia ma ke kahua e; Kike Sarasola, Pelekikena & Hoʻokumu, Room Mate Hotels & BeMate.com; ʻO Robert Swade, Luna Nui, Grace Hotels; Andrea Grisdale, Luna Nui, IC Bellagio; a me Mário Ferreira, Luna Nui o Mystic Invest, Alain Dupeyras, ke poʻo o ka Regional Development and Tourism Division, OECD, Aradhana Khowala, CEO & Founder, Aptamind Partners, Miguel Leitmann, Founder & CEO, Vision-Box, Kimmo Maki, Pelekikena & Luna Nui, Finavia, Ian Taylor, Luna Hoʻoponopono, Travel Weekly, Enrique Ybarra, Mea Hoʻokumu, Pelekikena & Luna Nui, City Sightseeing Worldwide, Luís Araújo, Pelekikena, Turismo de Portugal; ʻO Robin Rossmann, Luna Hoʻokele, STR; ʻO Öznur Özdemir Özaltin, Luna Nui, Özaltin Holding (Tourism Group), Ozaltin Holding, Tim Moonen, Luna Hoʻokele Manging, ʻO ka ʻoihana o nā kūlanakauhale.
ʻO Gloria Guevara, Pelekikena & CEO, WTTC, "Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka mālama ʻana i kā mākou mua WTTC Hui Pū ʻIa o ʻEulopa ma Lisbon, Pokukala. ʻO ʻEulopa ka mākeke mākaʻikaʻi nui loa a ʻoi loa i ka honua, me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka Euro 1.8 trillion i nā ʻoihana ʻEulopa a ke kākoʻo nei i 36.6 miliona mau hana. Ma ʻEulopa holoʻokoʻa, hoʻokumu ʻo Travel & Tourism i nā hana, hoʻoulu i ka ulu waiwai a kōkua i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hui ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. ʻO kēia ka hihia ma Pokukala, kahi i helu ʻia ai ʻo Travel & Tourism no 17.3% o GDP ma 2017 (USD38.0bn) a hoʻopuka i ka 1 i 5 o nā hana o ka ʻāina.
"E hoʻomaopopo nā hopena mai ka European Leaders Forum WTTCka hana o ka wā e hiki mai ana ma ka ʻāina a hāʻawi i kahi wahi kūʻokoʻa a kūʻokoʻa no ka launa pū ʻana ma waena o nā alakaʻi e hele mai ana," wahi a Gloria Guevara, WTTC Peresidena & Luna Nui. "Ke kakali nei mākou i kahi hui huahua a hoʻokipa a mahalo iā Ana Mendes Godinho a me Turismo de Portugal no kā lākou kākoʻo mau."
