WORKING GROUP ON TOURISM (WGT)

The Working Group on Tourism positions IMT-GT as a sustainable, inclusive and competitive top tourist destination. It supports the sector’s safe recovery and sustained growth, shifts the focus toward high-value, low-density tourism, develops well-connected thematic cross-border tourism circuits, strengthens the subregion’s competitive advantages, and markets Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand together as a single tourism destination.

SCOPE

    • Tourism development and promotion

OBJECTIVES

    • The tourism sector is safely reopened with sustained growth.
    • Priority thematic cross-border tourism circuits are well-developed and connected.
    • The sustainability, inclusivity, and competitive advantages of the subregion as a tourist destination are enhanced.
    • IMT-GT is a single tourism destination.

GOAL

    • Sustainable, inclusive, and competitive cross-border tourism

PROJECTS

    • Visit IMT-GT Year 2023-2025
    • IMT-GT Tourism Village Forum (Flagship Project)
    • Malaysia – Thailand Self-Drive Tourism Phase 1 and 2
    • IMT-GT Yacht/Cruise route development
    • Annual IMT-GT Tourism-Transport Dialogue

Workshop on Maritime and Coastal Sustainable Tourism for Blue Growth in IMT-GT

Workshop on Maritime and Coastal Sustainable Tourism for Blue Growth in IMT-GT: Managing Over Tourism...

SEMINAR CHENG HO IN CONJUNCTION WITH CHENG HO FESTIVAL | 14-15th November 2019, The Pines Melaka

This seminar on Cheng Ho in conjunction with the Cheng Ho Festival was held in...

IMT-GT GEOPARK COLLABORATION IN IMT-GT REGION

Monday, May 31, 2021. The working group on Tourism had a meeting on IMT-GT Geopark...

14th IMT-GT Working Group Meeting on Tourism

The 14th IMT-GT Working Group Meeting on Tourism was convened virtually on Friday, 25 June...

14TH IMT-GT STRATEGIC PLANNING MEETING – BREAKOUT SESSION – WG TOURISM

9 March 2021, Virtual Meeting on IMT-GT Strategic Planning Meeting (SPM) Breakout Session on Working...

13th IMT-GT Working Group on Tourism

On 6 August 2020, 13th Working Group on Tourism was conducted virtually and attended by...

#TourOfTheTriangle: From Meeting Room to Mangroves

23 July 2025 – As part of the 18th IMT-GT Working Group on Tourism (WGT)...

Centre for IMT-GT Subregional Cooperation (CIMT)

Office 3A, Level 3, Block C, Menara PjH, Precinct 2, 62100, Putrajaya, Malaysia


Indonesia
Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs (CMEA)


Malaysia
Ministry of Economy


Thailand
Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC)

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