{"id":8487,"date":"2022-07-05T22:49:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T14:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.ift.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/?p=8487"},"modified":"2022-07-05T22:51:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T14:51:03","slug":"iftm-seminar-discusses-culture-and-tourism-integration-between-hengqin-and-macao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/iftm-seminar-discusses-culture-and-tourism-integration-between-hengqin-and-macao\/","title":{"rendered":"IFTM seminar discusses culture and tourism integration between Hengqin and Macao"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8487 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\/2022\/07\/4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/4-990x397.jpg\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-a size-herald-lay-a\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/4.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/4-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/4-768x308.jpg 768w\" 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-1-8486'>\n\t\t\t\tSeminar on \u201cIntegration and innovative development of the culture and tourism industry in Hengqin and Macao\u201d\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\/2022\/07\/2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2-990x556.jpg\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-a size-herald-lay-a\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2-990x556.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2-470x264.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2-215x120.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/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-1-8484'>\n\t\t\t\tSeminar on \u201cIntegration and innovative development of the culture and tourism industry in Hengqin and Macao\u201d\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\/2022\/07\/3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3-990x556.jpg\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-a size-herald-lay-a\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3-990x556.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3-470x264.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3-215x120.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3-414x232.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-1-8485'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Director of the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Ms. Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes\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\/2022\/07\/1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1-990x556.jpg\" class=\"attachment-herald-lay-a size-herald-lay-a\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1-990x556.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1-470x264.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1-215x120.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.utm.edu.mo\/NewsPortal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/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-1-8483'>\n\t\t\t\tGroup photograph\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<span class='pum-trigger  popmake-8489  text-center font-blue' data-do-default=''>\u4e2d\u6587\u6458\u8981 \/ Summary in Chinese<\/span>\n<p>IFTM hosted on 14 June a seminar on \u201cIntegration and innovative development of the culture and tourism industry in Hengqin and Macao\u201d. The event took place on the Mong-H\u00e1 Campus.<\/p>\n<p>Special guests included IFTM President Dr. Fanny Vong Chuk Kwan and the Director of the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Ms. Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes. The latter delivered a keynote speech during the event.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar featured a number of speakers linked to the fields of culture and tourism, including trade representatives, scholars and other experts. Also present were government officials from, respectively, Macao and neighbouring Hengqin Island in Guangdong Province. The seminar generated in-depth discussion, with participants sharing information about their expectations and needs, with a view to boosting collaboration between Macao and Hengqin.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar helped advance exchanges between the culture and tourism industries of the 2 places, and ideas about innovation in those fields. The event also addressed the issue of sustainability in relation to culture and tourism, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>During her keynote speech, Ms. Senna Fernandes discussed how Macao\u2019s positioning as a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure connected with a plan by the State Council of the People\u2019s Republic of China to develop Hengqin as an \u201cInternational Leisure and Tourism Island\u201d. According to the MGTO Director, collaboration between Macao and Hengqin in support of their respective strategic roles as tourism centres would be advantageous, boosting for consumers the overall accessibility of tourism elements in the 2 places, and contributing to Macao\u2019s adequate economic diversification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMacao has 2 main selling points regarding tourism: having its Historic Centre inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and being a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy,\u201d said Ms. Senna Fernandes. \u201cMoreover, the city has developed a lot of world-class integrated resorts over the past 20 years,\u201d she added. \u201cThere are not many other places in the world that can compare with Macao in this regard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The MGTO head also noted: \u201cThese Macao features complement those in Hengqin. The 2 places can enjoy mutual benefits from the development of tourism resources in Hengqin and from the signature attractions of Macao.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>IFTM President Dr. Vong highlighted in her remarks at the seminar that the Institute was \u2013 via several educational initiatives \u2013 helping advance the tourism and hospitality industry in Hengqin. That included the opening of the IFTM Hengqin Training Base \u2013 Centre for Vocational Practice, in the Sumlodol Camping Town, a leisure destination on Hengqin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been organising many activities in Hengqin, including training courses, skill assessments and exchange programmes,\u201d Dr. Vong said. She noted that, as authorised by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, IFTM had been named in 2019 as the relying unit of the Tourism Education and Training Base for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The role meant the Institute was coordinating its effort with partners in and outside the Greater Bay Area \u2013 including in Hengqin \u2013 to promote the development of tourism education in the city cluster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IFTM hosted on 14 June a seminar on \u201cIntegration and innovative development of the culture and tourism industry in Hengqin and Macao\u201d. The event took place on the Mong-H\u00e1 Campus. 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