World Tourism Organization (WTO) held 38th Meeting of the WTO Commission for East Asia and the Pacific in Nara from bid by Government of Japan and “Technical Seminar on Intra-Regional Tourism in East Asia and the Pacific” by joint hosting with Asia-Pacific Tourism Exchange Center (APTEC), which is the support organization for WTO Regional Support Office for Asia and the Pacific.

Date : 22nd - 24th October 2002

Venue : Nara-ken New Public Hall (Nara, Japan)

Participants : 250 (including 50 from Overseas)
List of Participants (States and Territories basis)

Member States :	Cambodia, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Republic of Korea, and Thailand
Associate Members : Hong Kong (China), Macao (China)
Non Member States : Australia, Bhutan, and Myanmar
Permanent Observer : Holy See

Program

＜Day 1＞ Tuesday, October 22nd
38th Meeting of the WTO Commission for East Asia and the Pacific

＜Day 2＞ Wednesday, October 23rd
WTO/APTEC “Technical Seminar on Intra-Regional Tourism in East Asia and the Pacific”

＜Day 3＞ Thursday, October 24th
Study Tour