ANNEX I

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

0800-0900     Registration at Rex Hotel, HCMC, Viet Nam

0900-0910     Welcome Speech by Leader of HCM City Peoples’ Committee

0910-0920     Opening Speech by Minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Viet Nam

0920-0940     Role of tourism in promoting tourist exchange and accelerating partnership between Asian and European countries by Ambassador Wonil Cho, Executive Director of Asia - Europe Foundation.

0940-1000     Partnership between the Asian and European travel and hospitality industry and tourism institutes for promoting high quality destination by a ST-EP Foundation representative.

1000-1020     Morning Refreshment

1020-1130     Partnership among national tourism organizations, between the public and private sectors of Asian & European countries  for joint promotion of tourist exchange

                        - Presentation by World Tourism Organization expert

                        - Presentation by a Spanish representative

                        - Presentation by an Asian representative (to be confirmed)

1130-1200     Q&A Session

1200-1330     Networking Lunch

1330-1430     Partnership between the travel and civil aviation industries for appealing tourists to Asian and European destinations 

- Presentation by Mr. Peter Semone, Senior Advisor to Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office, Former Vice President of PATA

                        - Presentation by Vietnam Airlines

- Presentation by Mrs. Dr. Juen Sabaditsch, IMC Krems, Austria

1430-1500     Q&A Session

1500-1520     Afternoon Refreshment

1520-1620      Partnership among  tourism industry and stakeholders of the Asian and European countries involved in tourism such as immigration, custom, transport, etc for travel facilitation

- Presentation by World Travel & Tourism Council – WTTC or Asia Pacific Travel Association – PATA (tbc)

- Presentation by an European representative (tbc)

- Presentation by an Asian representative (tbc)

1620-1650     Q & A Session

1650-1700         Conclusion

Note: As the Forum opens for idea exchange, no more than 2 presentations by ASEM member countries can be included in each aforesaid session.