The ASEAN-Korea Centre organized the 2021 ASEAN-Korea Tourism Capacity-Building Workshop under the theme of ‘The Future of Tourism: Challenges and Opportunities’ on November 29 (Mon). The workshop, co-organized by the Ministry of Tourism (MoT) of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism (MICT) of Lao PDR, brought together tourism experts from ASEAN and Korea to discuss the changes in consumption patterns of the tourism industry amidst the ‘live with COVID’ phase, and shared human resource development strategies to respond to the changing tourism market.

(Lao PDR Session) The Future of Tourism - Changes in tourism consumption trend after COVID-19

- New Trends in Tourism: How travelers change their travel patterns after COVID-19 (Mr. Paul Pruangkarn, Pacific Asia Travel Association)

- Tourism Industry Trends after COVID-19 (Mr. Lee Sang-jin, Yanolja)

- Current Tourism Trends and Keywords in Lao PDR (Mr. Khom Duangchantha, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism of Lao PDR)

- The Direction of Tourism Policy in the Post COVID-19 era (Dr. Kim Hyun-ju, Korea Culture & Tourism Research Institute)

(Cambodia Session) Challenges and Opportunities - Embracing the changes and exploring the challenges in COVID-19 era focusing on human resource development

- Post COVID-19 Tourism in Korea: Focusing on Human Resource Development (Mr. Hwang Seung-hyun, Korea Tourism Organization)

- Human Development Policy in Tourism Sector amid COVID-19 in Cambodia (H.E. TRY Chhiv, Ministry of Tourism of Cambodia)

- Future Tourism Education Strategies: What are the issues and how to prepare (Dr. Shin Hak-seung, Hanyang University)

[Video] 2021 ASEAN-Korea Tourism Capacity Building Workshop