๐ Tender Overview
Project No.
TWG_101_2025A
Project Title
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Workshop on Modern Tourism and Connectivity of APEC Economies
Project Status
Project in Implementation
Fund Account
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APEC Support Fund
Sub-fund
ASF: Connectivity
Project Year
2025
Project Session
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Session 1
APEC Funding
145,666
Co-funding Amount
0
Total Project Value
145,666
Sponsoring Forum
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Tourism Working Group (TWG)
Topics
Tourism; Digital Technology and Innovation; Human Resources Development
Committee
SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE)
Other Fora Involved
Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved
Proposing Economy(ies)
Russia
Co-Sponsoring Economies
China; Indonesia; Malaysia; Viet Nam
Expected Start Date
01/01/2026
Expected Completion Date
31/12/2026
Project Proponent Name 1
Irina Kozlova
Job Title 1
Deputy Head of the UN and G20 Division
Organization 1
Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Telephone 1
79296403869
Email 1
KozlovaIAn@economy.gov.ru
Project Proponent Name 2
Not Applicable
Job Title 2
Not Applicable
Organization 2
Not Applicable
Telephone 2
Not Applicable
Email 2
Not Applicable
Declaration
Irina Kozlova
Project Summary
The Project aims to build APEC capacity on practices for modernizing tourism infrastructure through digital technologies and innovations, while ensuring sustainability. The Project will cover such connectivity-related issues as:
(1) the creationand modernization of tourism infrastructure elements, including digitalones, owned by cities and regions, as a basis for improving access for all (including SMEs, youth, women, groups with untapped economicpotential) to the travel and tourism industry(Content Block No.1); (2) strengthening economic development and regional connectivity of APEC (Content Block No.2);(3) incorporation of digital technologies and innovations in the modern tourism product cases of effective management of tourism activities (Content Block No.3).
Relevance
Region
ourism is an important part of APEC economies. The development of tourism, the growth of its sustainability, innovativeness, and the involvement of all groups and categories of citizens in the tourism industry stimulate the development of APEC economies and enhance the overall connectivity of APEC. According to the UN, in 2024, a total of 1.4 billion international tourist arrivals were registered worldwide, which markedthe recovery of international tourismafter the most serious crisis in the history of the tourism sector (the COVID-2019 pandemic). In 2024, most destinations received more international tourists than in 2019. Visitor spending in 2024 also largely exceeded spending in 2019 and continues to grow.
It is expected that the high demand for tourism services and products, contributing to the socio-economic development of all APEC economies, will continue during2025 and beyond.At the same time, whi
