East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Federation (EATOF) was founded in
Gangwon State
Gangwon Province (), officially Gangwon State (), is a Special Self-Governing Province of South Korea. It is known as the largest and least densely populated subdivision of South Korea. Gangwon is one of the three provinces in South Korea with ...
, Korea in 2000 in order to pursue peace and prosperity through exchange in diverse fields, especially on tourism. Nine member countries from Northeast and Southeast Asian Provinces founded participated at the preliminary meeting in Seoul in September 1999. It is the only international tourism association in
East Asia
East Asia is a geocultural region of Asia. It includes China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan, plus two special administrative regions of China, Hong Kong and Macau. The economies of Economy of China, China, Economy of Ja ...
. EATOF has 10 member provinces.
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Functions
Each member is playing following roles to achieve goals of EATOF:
*Exchange of information on tourism policy and tourism industry
*Development of joint programs which promote tourism in individual provinces and the region as a whole
*Training, education and exchange of personnel working in the tourism sector both private and public
*Other matters related to mutual cooperation in tourism
History
2000
After preliminary meeting, EATOF 2000 was held in Gangwon Province, Korea with participation of nine member provinces.
2006
Quang Ninh Province in Vietnam became a regular member.
2007
At the EATOF 2007 in Chiang Mai Province the group agreed to establish the EATOF Permanent Secretariat.
2008
EATOF permanent secretariat was established in Gangwon Province.
2009
Siem Reap
Siem Reap (, ) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia.
Siem Reap possesses French-colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter ...
in Cambodia and
Luang Prabang
Luang Prabang (Lao language, Lao: wikt:ຫຼວງພະບາງ, ຫຼວງພະບາງ, pronounced ), historically known as Xieng Thong (ຊຽງທອງ) and alternatively spelled Luang Phabang or Louangphabang, is the capital of Lu ...
in Laos became regular members.
Member Province
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.eatof.org/
International organizations based in Asia
Organizations established in 2000