The APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting is an opportunity for its host city Macao to showcase its "world-class tourism facilities and reception capacity", said Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, director of the Macao Tourist Office.
A successful development zone has made the Jiangsu city of Nantong stand out from its competitors in attracting investment, said local officials.
With abundant natural resources that the ambitious country continues to use as a solid platform for robust GDP growth and impressive socioeconomic development, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, more commonly known as Laos, is making steady progress towards its goal of middle-income country status by 2020.
Given its plentiful water resources and strategic location at the heart of Southeast Asia, Laos' energy generation capacity is concentrated on hydroelectric power stations that produce clean and renewable electricity for domestic users and for export to several neighbors.
The importance of the mining and energy sectors to Laos' economic performance and socioeconomic development cannot be over-emphasized, with the mining industry receiving 27 percent of all FDI in 2012, followed by the power sector with a 25 percent share.
Named the world's best tourism destination for 2013 by the European Council on Tourism and Trade, Laos offers visitors an outstanding historical and cultural experience through a combination of its century-old traditions and heritage, lush landscape, rare flora and fauna and welcoming hospitality.
The imminent integration of Laos into the ASEAN Economic Community, or AEC, will give the country a solid platform on which to develop its already fast-growing trade and industry sectors, particularly for firms involved in the agriculture sector and those with activities based on natural resources.
The fourth China International Alcoholic Beverage Expo opens today in Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou, and hopes to build on the success of previous sessions, said a senior official of the province.
China's liquor and wine industry is struggling with low growth rates this year after years of rapid development.
A two-day conference hosted by one of the world's largest international tourism associations opened in Beijing on Thursday.
"Hong Kong and Beijing have entered a new period beyond signing cooperative programs on tourism, with an eye to more interaction and cooperation.
Cities that attract tourists should work more closely with their peers and industry organizations and develop policies to boost the travel sector, government officials and other delegates were told at the Beijing Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit.
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