Tainan Mayor Li Meng-yen attends the Second Domestic Tourism Summit Forum

In response to the comprehensive spread of internet information, tourism consumption behavior has entered a new model. To explore the new era in which current technology stimulates the transformation of the tourism market, the "Second Domestic Tourism Summit Forum Exchange Seminar" was held on the 7th at Cheng Kung University, bringing together nearly 300 people from industry, government and academia. In his speech, Tainan Mayor Li Meng-yen pointed out that through the seminar, new trends and issues in domestic tourism would be jointly discussed, and it was also hoped that different experiences and suggestions from all sectors could be drawn upon to enhance the quality of Tainan's sightseeing and tourism services.

Mayor Li Meng-yen said, welcoming all the distinguished guests to Tainan to participate in the event, and stated that Tainan is Taiwan's first city and Taiwan's cultural capital, with the highest density of historic sites nationwide and internationally renowned wetland landscapes, and has even been dubbed Taiwan's food museum by foreign media such as CNN. In recent years, the city government has been committed to improving the urban landscape and to the restoration and revitalization of historic sites and historical buildings. Many young people have returned to their hometowns to develop unique cultural and creative industries. The mayor invited the public to visit Tainan to experience it firsthand and exchange ideas, to offer different suggestions for Tainan, and to jointly think about innovative practices and service upgrades, so as to boost domestic tourism and also attract foreign tourists to Taiwan.

The seminar opened with a majestic performance by the Ten Drum Art Percussion Group, and Mayor Li Meng-yen, Tourism Bureau Deputy Director-General Chang Hsi-tsung of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, and Hsu Chin-jui, Chairman of the Travel Quality Assurance Association of the Republic of China, struck the drums together to lively open the seminar. From today until March 9, 3 forums, 6 thematic group discussions and Tainan specialty inspection itineraries are planned at Cheng Kung University.