International conference

Regional Meeting

Regional Meetings by country are held once a year to discuss overall TPO activities such as new TPO projects and working-level discussions for joint projects. As a network platform between the secretariat and regional city members, members' opinions and suggestions are also exchanged at the meeting.

History of Regional meeting

History of Regional meeting
Date Host City Participants Content
2023.5.11 Ipoh, Malaysia 7 Government Members,
1 Non-government Organization, TPO Bureau (Busan, Jeonju)
  • Case Presentation, “Tourism in the Era of Digitalization (Smart City)”
  • Promotion of TPO Members’ Priority Projects
  • Report on the TPO Actitivies and Discussion on the Globalization of the TPO
  • Venue for the next Regional Meeting for Malaysian Members (Kuantan)
2023.3.23 Mungyeong City, Korea 14 Members,
2 Invited Guests
  • Special Report, “Tourism After Covid19”
  • Case Presentations, “New Policies to Rebuild Tourism Post-Covid19”
  • Promotion of TPO Members’ Priority Projects
  • Report on the TPO Activities
  • Venue for the next Regional Meeting for Korean Members (Namhae-gun)
  • Discussion on the change of the name of the organization
2023.3.17 Vung Tau City, Vietnam 6 Members,
2 Invited Guests
  • Special Report, “Tourism After Covid19”
  • Case Presentations, “Green Convergence”
  • Promotion of TPO Members’ Priority Projects
  • Report on the TPO Activities
  • Venue for the next Regional Meeting for Vietnamese Members (Da Lat City)
  • Discussion on the change of the name of the organization
2022.11.11 Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia 6 Indonesia Members,
Busan, Mungyeong
  • A review on TPO activities
  • Activities for Indonesia Members
  • Management of TPO Membership
  • Venue and date of the next Regional Meeting for Indonesia
2022.9.6. ~ 9.12 HCMC, Vietnam 7 Vietnam Members,
Busan, Mungyeong
  • Activity Plan for 2022
  • Presentation on the current status of the tourism industry in Vietnam as well as global trends and challenges caused by COVID-19
  • Case Presentation by the TPO members
2020.12.11. Vietnam (Online) 6 Members, 5 Non-Members,
3 Invited Guests
  • Activity Plan for 2020
  • Introduction of new Joint Project
  • Presentation on the ways of managing the tourism industry amidst COVID-19
2020.11.24. China (Online) 16 Members, 4 Non-Members,
2 Invited Guests
  • Report on activity for 2020
  • Introduction of new Projects
  • Presentation on the ways of managing the tourism industry amidst COVID-19
2020.10.21. Malaysia (Online) 6 Members, 2 Non-Members,
5 Invited Guests
  • Report on activity for 2020
  • Introduction of new Projects
  • Presentation on the ways of managing the tourism industry amidst COVID-19
2020.08.25. Indonesia (Online) 17 Members, 3 Non-Members
  • Report on activity for 2020
  • Introduction of new Projects
  • Presentation on the ways of managing the tourism industry amidst COVID-19
2019.03.14. ~ 03.15. Boryeong, Korea 35 Members
  • Report on activity for 2018
  • Activity Plan for 2019
  • Inspection of Boryeong Tourism Resources
2019.03.07. ~ 03.08. Da Lat, Vietnam 4 Members, 3 Non-Members
  • Activity Plan for 2019
  • Introduction of new Projects
2019.02.11. Jakarta, Indonesia 3 Members, 16 Non-Members
  • Activity Plan for 2019
  • Introduction of new Projects
2018.03.08. ~ 03.09. Busan, Korea 34 Members
  • Report on activity for 2017
  • Activity Plan for 2018
  • Inspection of Busan Tourism Resources
2017.02.23. ~ 02.24. Tongyeong, Korea 31 Members
  • Report on activity for 2016
  • Activity Plan for 2017
  • Inspection of Tongyeong Tourism Resources
  • 2016.06.15. Jeonju, Korea 32 Members
    • Election of executive member city & Joint project improvement plan (Korea, Southeast Asia·Japan, Chinese)
    2015.12.21. Busan, Korea 29 Members
    • Report on activity for 2015
    • Activity Plan for 2016
    • TPO Korea City Members Council Composition Plan
    2014.12.18. ~ 12.19. Busan, Korea 13 Members
    • Report on activity for 2014
    • Activity Plan for 2015
    2014.06.27. ~ 06.29. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16 Members
    • Discussion of joint projects and proposed projects
    (Korea, Southeast Asia·Japan, Chinese)
    2013.02.21. ~ 02.22. Daejeon, Korea 18 Members
    • Report on activity for 2012
    • Activity Plan for 2013
    • Inspection of Daejeon Tourism Resource