Beijing - The World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) will open its African headquarters in Casablanca in September 2015, Managing Director of the Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT) Abderrafie Zouiten, said Friday in Beijing.
"Morocco has been chosen to host the African headquarters of this international organization, whose president is the mayor of Beijing," Zouiten told MAP on the sidelines of the Moroccan-Chinese business Forum.
The official added that an agreement was signed on the sidelines of the Forum, between ONMT and China to create an office in Casablanca, which will allow the two countries to develop cooperation relations with the African continent.
World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) is a non-profit, non-governmental international mass organization organized voluntarily by tourist cities of all countries and regions, non-governmental organizations, associations and enterprises related to tourism.
Under the theme of "Tourism Makes City Life Better," the WTCF promotes coordinated economic and social development of World Tourism cities, enhance urban development, elevate the image of cities, strengthen inter-city international exchanges through tourism and innovate the mechanism of member cooperation.