On June 14, the Third WTA Member’s Day in 2019, with the theme of “Sharing Tourism and Rural Revitalization”, was successfully held in Guilin, Guangxi, China.

The WTA·Xianghu Dialogue 2019, sponsored by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), will be held in Hangzhou, China, from 18 to 21 September together with the Third Meeting of the First WTA Council and the WTA Annual Meeting 2019.

On April 6th, 2019, WTA Chairman DuanQiang led a delegation to Carcassonne, the capital of the department of Aude in Southern France.

On March 23, 2019, the launching ceremony of the World Tourism Alliance (WTA) Headquarters and World Tourism Museum Project was held in Xiaoshan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.

In 2018, the country’s domestic tourism market experienced rapid growth with more than 5.5 billion tourism arrivals and tourism-generated revenue totaling nearly RMB 6 trillion. Inbound tourism maintained a steady growth of 5%, indicating a sustained development pace.

On April 27, the “WTA Yiwu Dialogue —— Forum on High-quality Development of Tourist Destinations” sponsored by the World Tourism Alliance (WTA) and the People’s Government of Yiwu opened in Yiwu.

On May 8, the Second Member's Dayevent of the World Tourism Alliance (WTA) 2019 was successfully held in Enshi Grand Canyon, Hubei Province. The theme of this Members' Day is "Developing Original Ecological Resources–Multiple Empowerment and Win-win".

On April 2-3, 2019, WTA Chairman Duan Qiang attended the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Leaders Dialogue and the 19th WTTC Global Summit in Seville, capital of the Andalusian autonomous community of Spain.

On the afternoon of April 4, 2019, the World Tourism Alliance (WTA) organized its first Member’s Day at Club Med Opio en Provence Resort.

Speech by Liu Shijun, Secretary General of the World Tourism Alliance, at the launching ceremony of the World Tourism Alliance Headquarters Project.