Proceedings of the 12th Meeting of
The COMCEC Tourism Working Group
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 To ensure sustainable development of tourism,
 To extend the tourism season throughout the year by diversifying tourism products,
 To extend the tourism activities from coastal and urban areas to rural and interior
regions,
 To be one of the top five countries considering tourism income by the year 2023.
He concluded his presentation by mentioning about the destination management
organizations of Turkey namely, Kayseri Erciyes A.Ş., Ejder 3200, Antalya Promotion and
Tourism Development Inc., Belek Tourism Investors Union, İstanbul Convention & Visitors
Bureau and Antalya Convention Bureau.
5.3. Iran
On behalf of Islamic Republic of Iran, Ms. Masoumeh ALLAHVERDI, Senior Expert, Iran Cultural
Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, made a presentation on Aras Geopark-Iran.
In her presentation, she informed the participants about Iran’s tourism potential. Iran has
more than one million historic, cultural and natural sites. She continued her presentation by
mentioning about Aras Geopark in Iran, through expressing its geological and cultural heritage,
as well as natural resorts with amazing flora and faunas in the area.
5.4. Malaysia
On behalf of Republic of Malaysia, Mr. Khairiah KAMARUDDIN, Senior Assistant Secretary from
Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia, made a presentation on National Ecotourism
Plan 2016 -2025 of Malaysia.
At the outset, he mentioned history of tourism developments in Malaysia. He informed the
participants about the approaches for ecotourism development in Malaysia. Then, He
explained the 5 focus areas of ecotourism as the following;
 Investment in Ecotourism
 Tourism Concessions
 Synergy between Ecotourism & Conservation
 EcotourismMarketing
 Ecotourism Clusters
Lastly, he shared proposal of Destination Coordination Group (DCG) Structure. He underlined,
Ecotourism destinations are located in remote places and rarely able to achieve economy of