Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference (ESTC)
Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference (ESTC) was held for its 12 the year at the Ansan City, Korea, from 12th to 15th, 2017. ESTC is an annual international conference seeking solutions to many complicated issues related to Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism. This symposium is the gathering place to share innovation and successes, as well as challenges faced in ecotourism and sustainable tourism today. ESTC 2017 was hosted by the Ansan City Council in association with The International Ecotourism Society (TIES)
Palitha Gurusinghe, President, Sri Lanka Ecotourism Foundation and the Secretary General of Asia-Pacific Regional Ecotourism Council (APREC) were a Key Note Speaker from Sri Lanka. He made a presentation on “Sustainable Ecotourism Contributions to Poverty Reduction, Economic Development, Employment Creation, and Education: A Case Study from Sri Lanka
Amongst the main Key Note Speakers were Xinsheng Zhang, President, International Union of Conservation (IUCN), Kelly S Bricker, Chair, The International Ecotourism Society and the Professor and Director of Utah, USA, Seing-il Kim, President, Korea Ecotourism Society and Professor, Seoul National University, Jong Geel Je, Mayor of Ansan City, Korea, Muhammad Zainul Majdi, Governor of West Nusa, Indonesia, Kazuo Aichi, President, Japan Ecotourism Society, Mark Morgan, Professor, University of Missouri, USA, Victor Yu, President, Ecotourism Taiwan and many others
ESTC 2017 Ansan, Korea
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