East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Federation
AbbreviationEATOF
First event2000 Gangwon Province, Korea
PurposeInternational Tourism Conference
Websitehttp://www.eatof.org

East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Federation (EATOF) was founded in Gangwon Province, Korea in 2000 in order to pursue peace and prosperity through exchange in diverse fields, especially on tourism. Nine member countries from Northeast and Southeast Asian Provinces founded participated at the preliminary meeting in Seoul in September 1999. It is the only international tourism association in East Asia. EATOF has 10 member provinces.[1]

Functions

Each member is playing following roles to achieve goals of EATOF:

  • Exchange of information on tourism policy and tourism industry
  • Development of joint programs which promote tourism in individual provinces and the region as a whole
  • Training, education and exchange of personnel working in the tourism sector both private and public
  • Other matters related to mutual cooperation in tourism

History

2000

After preliminary meeting, EATOF 2000 was held in Gangwon Province, Korea with participation of nine member provinces.

2006

Quang Ninh Province in Vietnam became a regular member.

2007

At the EATOF 2007 in Chiang Mai Province the group agreed to establish the EATOF Permanent Secretariat.

2008

EATOF permanent secretariat was established in Gangwon Province.

2009

Siem Reap in Cambodia and Luang Prabang in Laos became regular members.

Member Province

Country
Provinces
Logo
Accession
 South KoreaGangwon ProvinceFounding member
 IndonesiaYogyakarta Special RegionFounding member
 PhilippinesCebuFounding member
 JapanTottoriFounding member
 ChinaJilinFounding member
 MalaysiaSarawakFounding member
 ThailandChiang MaiFounding member
 MongoliaTuvFounding member
 RussiaPrimorskyFounding member
 VietnamQuảng Ninh Province2005
 LaosLuang Prabang2009
 CambodiaSiem Reap2009
EATOF General Assembly
NoDateCountryHostTheme
1st5–7 September 2000 South KoreaGangwon Province
2nd9–11 September 2001 IndonesiaYogyakarta Special Region
3rd22‒24 September 2002 PhilippinesCebu
4th5–7 September 2004 JapanTottori
5th2–4 September 2005 ChinaJilin
6th14–16 September 2006 MalaysiaSarawak
7th5–7 September 2007 ThailandChiang Mai
8th21‒23 July 2008 MongoliaUlan Bator
9th8–10 September 2009 South KoreaGangwon Province
10th2010 VietnamQuảng Ninh ProvinceEATOF 2010 - For the sustainable development in East Asia
11th22‒25 November 2011 PhilippinesCebuCelebrating 12 Years of Enduring Cooperation and Commitment
12th28 November – 1 December 2012 CambodiaSiem Reap ProvinceEast Asia Optimizing Sustainable Green Tourism
13th17–21 October 2013 LaosLuang Prabang ProvinceTourism, the Key to Sustainable Cultural Conservation
14th4-6 September 2014 MalaysiaKuching, Sarawak Growing Regional Tourism Together
15th2015 IndonesiaYogyakarta Special Region

References

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