East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Forum was founded in Gangwon Province, Korea in 2000 in order to pursue for peace and prosperity through exchanges in diverse fields especially on tourism. Nine member countries from Northeast and Southeast Asian Provinces founded participated at the preliminary meeting in Seoul in September 1999 to form EATOF. It is the only international tourism association in

East Asia East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The modern states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. China, North Korea, South Korea ...

, led by local governments. Currently, EATOF has 12 member provinces with the accession of Quảng Ninh Province in 2005 and Luang Prabang and Siem Riep in 2009."East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Forum"
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Functions

Each member is playing following roles to achieve goals of EATOF: *Exchange of information on tourism policy and tourism industry *Development of joint programs which promote tourism in individual provinces and the region as a whole *Training, education and exchange of personnel working in the tourism sector both private and public *Other matters related to mutual cooperation in tourism

History

*2000. 9. After preliminary meeting, EATOF 2000 that is also called an inarguable meeting was held in Gangwon Province, Korea with participation of nine member provinces. *2006. 9 Quang Ninh Province in Vietnam became a new regular member, and then EATOF has consisted of ten member provinces. *2007. 9 At the EATOF 2007 in Chiang Mai Province agreed to establish EATOF Permanent Secretariat. *2008. 1 EATOF permanent secretariat has been established in Gangwon Province. *2009. 9. Siem Reap in Cambodia and Luang Prabang in Laos became new regular members, and then EATOF has consisted of twelve member provinces.

Member Province

References

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International organizations based in Asia Organizations established in 2000