Dr. Taleb Rifai, UNWTO Secretary-General visited the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee with Amb. Dho Young-shim, Chairperson of UNWTO ST-EP Foundation and UN MDGs Advocate to discuss on the crucial viewpoint of the both sides, about sports and tourism on February 4th, 2014.
Dr. Rifai has delivered a special lecture on "Sports and Tourism - the effect of sports on tourism" to the staffs of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committe and the 2014 Incheon Asian Paralympic committee, prior to the visit to the observatory of the Incheon Trade Center and Main Stadium.
Dr. Rifai has listened to the preparation for the 2014 Incheon Asian Games and discussed the cooperative alternatives for tourism with Dr. Kwon Kyung-sang, Secretary-General of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee. Especially, the main subject of the discussion was the acceleration plan for tourism promotion and the successful hosting of the Asian Games in Incheon, Rep. of Korea on Sept. 19 ~ Oct. 4, 2014.