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Secretary Cheong met with PATA experts


Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Cheong U met with experts from the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) today (Sept 15). Accompanied by MGTO Director João Manuel Costa Antunes, Secretary Cheong met with the group of experts from various aspects, headed by Andrew Drysdale, at the Tourism Activities Centre. Cheong thanked the experts for coming to Macau for the field visit and take part in the task force project. He also introduced Macau's tourism development to the experts while task force leader, Andrew Drysdale, exchanged their findings after the field visit. Also participated in the meeting were MGTO Deputy Director Manuel Pires and Organizational Planning and Development Department head Cheng Wai Tong. MGTO has requested PATA to establish a task force to provide expert opinions in determining the future tourism policies and plans required to achieve the positioning of Macau as a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure. The members of the PATA task force are Andrew Drysdale, executive director of Mentor Aviation Services Pty Ltd., Australia, Jon Hutchison, managing director of Business Events Sydney, Alastair Morrison, chief executive officer of Belle Tourism International Consulting Ltd., China, Lindsay Turner from Victoria University, Australia, Susan Warren, director of Making Tourism Work Associates, New Zealand and UK, and Stewart Moore, chief executive officer of EC3 Global, Australia. The PATA task force membership also includes Dai Bin, president of China Tourism Academy.



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