Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has joined hands with the Supporting Office to the Permanent Secretariat to the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries (Macao) to carry out their tourism training program for civil servants from tourism offices of Portuguese-speaking countries. The training program of 2016 was smoothly held and came to an end last week.
MGTO has been persistently offering support to Portuguese-speaking countries to support the city’s goal to become a “World Centre of Tourism and Leisure” as well as a “commercial and trade cooperation service platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries”. In addition, through the training program, the Office aims to familiarize government tourism personnel from Portuguese-speaking countries with Macao’s tourism development and MGTO’s daily operation in order to further exchange and mutual learning while assisting the countries to cultivate talent in the field of tourism. Divided into three groups, a total of 25 government tourism personnel from Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, East Timor and Angola came to Macao between April and July this year for training and internship opportunities at MGTO. The program included training at the Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) as well as field trips to local attractions and tourism facilities among other activities. The last group of trainees was finished with training last week.
Further to that, MGTO Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, Deputy Secretary-General (appointed by the Macao SAR Government) of the Permanent Secretariat to the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries (Macao) and Coordinator of the Supporting Office, Cristina Morais, President of IFT, Fanny Vong, and MGTO Deputy Director, Cheng Wai Tong, attended a welcome luncheon hosted for the first group of trainees and delegations from the countries concerned at the Educational Restaurant of IFT.
In 2010, MGTO signed the memoranda of understanding on cooperation in tourism with Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique, and following that, with East Timor and Angola in 2013 and 2015 respectively. Between 2012 and 2016, MGTO has trained a total of 98 government tourism personnel from the above Portuguese-speaking countries.
旅游局及中国与葡语国家经贸合作论坛常设秘书处辅助办公室合作，为葡语系国家旅游部门人员提供旅游培训计划，今年的培训已于日前顺利完成。
旅游局持续推动支援葡语系国家的工作，以配合澳门建设“世界旅游休闲中心”和“中国与葡语国家商贸合作服务平台”的目标。同时期望透过培训计划，让葡语系国家旅游部门人员了解澳门旅游业的发展和旅游局的日常工作，加强彼此学习交流，以协助相关国家培训旅游业界人才。今年有25位来自佛得角、几内亚比绍、莫桑比克、东帝汶和安哥拉的旅游部门人员分为三组，于4月至7月期间来澳，并在旅游局接受培训及实习，当中包括于旅游学院接受培训以及考察旅游景点和设施等。最后一组学员已于日前完成培训。
此外，旅游局局长文绮华、中国与葡语国家经贸合作论坛常设秘书处副秘书长（澳门特区政府指派）兼辅助办公室主任莫丽丝（Cristina Morais）、旅游学院院长黄竹君以及旅游局副局长程卫东，出席了为首批学员和有关国家代表团在旅游学院教学餐厅举行的欢迎午宴。
旅游局于2010年分别与佛得角、几内亚比绍和莫桑比克签署旅游合作谅解备忘录，并于2013年及2015年分别与东帝汶和安哥拉签署相关备忘录。2012年至今已为98位来自葡语系国家的旅游部门人员提供培训。
