Xu Jing, holds a Masters Degree in Tourism Management from the University of Surrey in England. He began his career in tourism at the China National Tourism Administration where he was in charge of International Relations. He joined the World Tourism Organization in 1992 as an Officer to the Regional Representation for Asia and the Pacific. His tasks included the preparation and organisation of UNWTO’s Regional Commission Meetings for Asia and the Pacific; assistance in technical cooperation activities; the preparation and presentation of working documents for technical meetings; selection of tourism development project personnel; preparation of project budgets; evaluation of project reports; and supervision of technical studies / UNWTO publications on subjects of contemporary interest to the tourism community of Asian countries. He is currently the Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, a position he assumed from the beginning of 2004. |