{"id":5039,"date":"2019-06-12T09:48:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T01:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.ift.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/?p=5039"},"modified":"2019-06-12T09:50:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T01:50:41","slug":"ift-to-play-key-role-in-realising-macao-portugal-tourism-education-mou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/ift-to-play-key-role-in-realising-macao-portugal-tourism-education-mou\/","title":{"rendered":"IFT to play key role in realising Macao-Portugal tourism education MoU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5039 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-herald-lay-a'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"herald-popup\" href='https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MoU_1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MoU_1-990x556.jpg\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-a size-herald-lay-a\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MoU_1-990x556.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MoU_1-470x264.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MoU_1-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MoU_1-215x120.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MoU_1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MoU_1-414x232.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5037'>\n\t\t\t\tThe MoU was signed on 14 May by the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Dr. Alexis Tam Chon Weng (pictured, centre left), on behalf of the Macao SAR Government; and by Portugal\u2019s Secretary of State of Tourism, Ms. Ana Mendes Godinho (pictured, centre right)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"herald-popup\" href='https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MoU_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MoU_2-990x556.jpg\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-a size-herald-lay-a\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MoU_2-990x556.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MoU_2-470x264.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MoU_2-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MoU_2-215x120.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MoU_2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MoU_2-414x232.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5038'>\n\t\t\t\tGroup photo of participants in Greater Bay Area academic forum in Estoril, Portugal, co-organised by IFT, the Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies, and Turismo de Portugal I.P.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<span class='pum-trigger  popmake-5041  text-center font-blue' data-do-default=''>\u4e2d\u6587\u6458\u8981 \/ Summary in Chinese<\/span>\n<p>IFT has been appointed to play a cornerstone role \u2013 on behalf of the Macao SAR Government \u2013 in the implementation of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in tourism education, training and research, signed between the authorities of Macao and Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>The MoU \u2013 initially valid for 3 years and renewable \u2013 was signed on 14 May by the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Dr. Alexis Tam Chon Weng, on behalf of the Macao SAR Government; and by Portugal\u2019s Secretary of State of\u00a0Tourism, Ms. Ana Mendes Godinho.<\/p>\n<p>The memorandum aims to promote the co-development of training courses and joint degree programmes, and participation in workshops, seminars and other projects deemed mutually beneficial for both sides. In the future, the programmes to be developed under the scope of the MoU are expected to be available also to students from other areas within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Greater Bay Area).<\/p>\n<p>IFT\u2019s management says it plans to continue increasing the level of cooperation between the Institute and higher education institutions and other related bodies in Portugal. It adds this is in line with efforts by the Macao SAR Government to promote the city as a tourism education and training base for the Greater Bay Area and a cooperation platform between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Greater Bay Area forum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The MoU signing took place during the opening ceremony of a 3-day academic forum in Estoril, Portugal. The event was co-organised by IFT, the Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies, and Turismo de Portugal I.P. The latter body oversees tourism promotion in Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>The forum focused on the impact on tourism and on education of the Greater Bay Area initiative, a wide-ranging project by the Central Government of the People\u2019s Republic of China to advance and integrate development across Macao, Hong Kong and 9 cities from Guangdong Province, the mainland jurisdiction neighbouring the 2 SARs.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the forum\u2019s opening ceremony, Secretary Tam pointed out that, as China was entering a new era of development, Macao\u2019s tourism industry was also \u201cwelcoming unprecedented opportunities\u201d. Dr. Tam said that the development of the Greater Bay Area \u2013 coupled with the \u201cBelt and Road\u201d initiative, in which Portugal was also involved \u2013 would \u201copen up a new landscape for regional and international cooperation in tourism and beyond\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech, Secretary Tam highlighted that Macao had been designated as a \u201ccore member\u201d in terms of the development plan of the Greater Bay Area. He added that key regional infrastructure \u2013 including the newly-opened Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the expansion of China\u2019s inter-city rail system, and an efficient road network \u2013 would \u201copen a new window of opportunities\u201d for Macao to collaborate with counterpart bodies in Guangdong Province and in Hong Kong, in order to offer multi-destination tourism to international tourists.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Macao would strive \u201cto contribute as one of China\u2019s windows for fostering international collaboration,\u201d said Dr. Tam. He recalled the \u201clong-standing cooperation between Portugal and Macao\u201d in various areas, noting it had particular emphasis on tourism development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IFT has been appointed to play a cornerstone role \u2013 on behalf of the Macao SAR Government \u2013 in the implementation of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":5037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136,62],"tags":[66,1136,745,1137,1135,843],"class_list":["post-5039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main_headline","category-utm-life","tag-alexis-tam","tag-ana-mendes-godinho","tag-greater-bay-area","tag-memorandum-of-understanding","tag-tourism-education","tag-turismo-de-portugal","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"views":1064,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5039"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5043,"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5039\/revisions\/5043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}