The Asian-Pacific City Summit held in Busan in August, 2000 decided to create a new organization which functions as an inter-city network to develop the tourist industry and to facilitate the economy as a whole in the Asian Pacific cities.
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2022
- 2022.11
- The 10th General Assembly was held in North Sumatra.
- 2022.01
- Inauguration of the 10th Presidency (President: Busan / Co-president: Jeonju, Mungyeong)
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2021
- 2021. 12
- Mr. Woo Kyoung-ha took office as the Secretary-General of TPO
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2019
- 2019. 03
- Secretariat Relocation
- 2019. 09
- The 9th General Assembly was held in Busan, Korea.
Inauguration of the 9th Presidency (President: Busan /
Co-president: Ulsan, Jeonju, Pariaman, Taiping)
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2018
- 2018. 06
- The 8th TPO Forum was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Busan took office as the 8th president city.(Tongyeong and Jeonju took office as copresident cities.)
- 2018. 12
- Mr. Kim Soo-il took office as the Secretary-General of TPO.
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2017
- 2017. 03
- The Secretariat relocated its office to Suyeong district, Busan.
- 2017. 10
- The 8th General Assembly was held in Tongyeong, Korea.
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2016
- 2016. 06
- The 7th TPO Forum was held in Jeonju, Korea.
- 2016. 09
- Mr. Shin Yeon-sung took office as the Secretary-General of TPO.
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2015
- 2015. 05
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The 7th General Assembly was held in Sanya, China.
Guangzhou took office as the 7th president city.(Busan, Tongyeong, and Chengdu took office as copresident cities.)
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2014
- 2014. 06
- The 6th TPO Forum was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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2013
- 2013. 09
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The 6th General Assembly was held in Daejeon, Korea.
Guangzhou and Busan took office as the 6th president city and a copresident city respectively.
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2012
- 2012. 09
- The 5th TPO Forum was held in Penang, Malaysia.
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2011
- 2011. 09
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The 5th General Assembly was held in Dalian, China.
Guangzhou, China took office as the 5th president city.
Busan city, Daejeon city, and Sanya city took office as the copresidents.
※ Introduction of the Co-President System
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2010
- 2010. 08
- The 4th TPO Forum was held in Vladivostock, Russia.
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2009
- 2009. 09
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The 4th General Assembly was held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Guangzhou, China took office as the 4th president city.
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2008
- 2008. 10
- The 3rd TPO Forum was held in Busan.
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2007
- 2007. 08
- The 3rd General Assembly was held in Guangzhou, China.
Inauguration of the 3rd President city and Vice president city. (President city: Busan / Vice president city: Fukuoka)
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2006
- 2006. 10
- The 2nd TPO Forum was held in Hangzhou, China.
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2005
- 2005. 09
- The 2nd General Assembly was held in Fukuoka.
Inauguration of the 2nd President city and Vice president city. (President city: Busan / Vice president city: Fukuoka)
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2004
- 2004. 05
- The first TPO Forum and joint Symposium of TPO-UNESCAP was held in Busan.
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2003
- 2003. 03
- Mr. Joo Hwan-myeong took office as the first Secretary-General of TPO.
- 2003. 09
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The first TPO General Assembly was held in Busan.
Busan city, Korea and Fukuoka city, Japan took office as the first President and vice president respectively.
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2002
- 2002. 08
- The Tourism Promotion Organization for Asian-Pacific Cities (TPO) officially came into existence by adopting "Fukuoka Declaration" at the 5th Asian-Pacific City Summit in August, 2002.
- 2002. 11
- TPO established the Secretariat in Busan, Korea.