The 11th Regional Conference “South East Europe Tourist Market – New Development Opportunities” was successfully held on 15th May 2013 in Belgrade.
 

The Conference is organized under the auspices of Ministry of Finance and Economy, Republic of Serbia, Tourist Organisation of Serbia (TOS) Tourist Organization of Belgrade (TOB), YUTA, UHPA, ECTAA,... aiming to encourage cooperation amongst the regional countries and identify the best tourist attractions in Serbia and the region that would be presented to third outbound tourist markets.
 

Over 300 participants are at each of the upcoming Conferences amongst whom are high level representatives from EU institutions, tour operators from Russia, China, India, national tourist organizations from SEE countries, ministers, decision makers from leading companies in various industry sectors in the Region, educational organizations as well as the most influential media.
 

Over thirty eminent speakers in five panels based on their knowledge and experience will provide support and present suggestions and guidelines for realistic perspective and further development of competitiveness of Regional tourist product. Dr Adam Wu, Chief Operating Officer of China Business Network which is specialized for business consulting services in order to "bring the world to China and take Chinese to the world", deliver speeches in several panels about the consequences of rapid globalization in tourist market and some new trends in tourism.
 

 

The competitive advantages South East Europe countries have present a progression of opportunities to combine the best tourist attractions to strengthen the attractiveness of the Region worldwide. The potential of sustainable and competitive growth of Regional tourism is revealed through rational employment of natural resources, promotion of local hospitality, incentive to awareness for preservation of authentic values with optimal valorisation of natural and cultural-historic heritage, environmental issues through system upgrade of assortment and quality of the whole tourist offer.