AEC 2015 Implications on Tourism

8 April 2015, Singapore

ASAM Implementation ASAM Implementation FrameworkFramework

Economic Elements

Technical Elements

Air Transport

Dialogue Partner Engagement

Ancillary Services

Aviation Safety

Aviation Security

Air Traffic Management

ASEAN Air Transport Liberalisation Agreements

• ASEAN Multilateral Agreement of the Full Liberalisation of Air Freight Services (20 May 2009)

• ASEAN Multilateral Agreement on Air Services (20 May 2009)

• ASEAN Multilateral Agreement of the Full Liberalisation of Passenger Air Services (12 November 2010)

Characteristics of ASEAN Open Skies Agreements

• No limitation on capacity, frequency and aircraft • Without directional or geographic limitation • Serve behind, intermediate, and beyond points and points

in the territories of the Contracting Parties on the routes in any combination and in any order

• Transfer traffic from any of its aircraft to any of its other aircraft at any point on the routes

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Multilateral 5th Freedom

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Growth in Intra-ASEAN International Seats Offered by ASEAN Carriers (2003-2014)

Source: Source: CAPA - Centre for Aviation with data provided by OAG

Engagement with Dialogue Partners

• ASEAN-China Air Transport Agreement (24 Jan 2011):• Protocol 1 on Unlimited Third and Fourth Freedom Traffic Rights

Between Any Points in Contracting Parties • Protocol 2 on Fifth Freedom Traffic Rights

• ASEAN-ROK Air Services Arrangement – Drafting Agreement• ASEAN-Japan Air Transport Agreement – 1st Meeting held on 15-17

October 2014 in Nagoya, Japan• ASEAN-EU- 1st Meeting held on 3-5 December 2014 in Brussels

Weekly Services between ASEAN and China

1-7 Mar 2011•Cities in China: 19•City pairs: 65•Frequency: 774

1-7 Mar 2015•Cities in China: 36•City pairs: 112•Frequency: 1609

ASEAN Framework Agreement on Cross-Border Transport of

Passengers Background•Facilitate greater people mobility within ASEAN: one of them is through the facilitation of inter-state passenger land transportation.

Benefits•Cross border facilitation of the transport of passengers by road will lead to an increased flow of people through facilitation of seamless passenger traffic and a reduction of transport costs within ASEAN•Promote, develop and enhance tourism, investment, trade and cultural exchange among ASEAN Countries

Progress•CBTP is currently being drafted for signing

Mutual Recognition Arrangement on Tourism Professionals(MRA TP)

ASEAN Travel and Tourism

Account for 4.6 percent of ASEAN GDP

Directly employ 9.3 million people

Indirectly support 25 million jobs

102 million international tourists (2014)

MRA TP

Signed on 12 November 2013

Objective: to facilitate mobility of Tourism Professionals

Recognition of tourism professional qualification

Benefits of MRA TP

Enhance conformity of competency based training

Skills recognition

Enhance the quality of tourism services

MRA TP covers 32 job titles

HousekeepingExecutive HousekeeperLaundry ManagerFloor SupervisorLaundry AttendantRoom AttendantPublic Area CleanerFront Office

Front Office ManagerFront Office SupervisorReceptionistTelephone OperatorBell Boy

Food ProductionExecutive ChefDemi ChefCommis ChefChef de PartieCommis PastryBakerButcher

Food and Beverages ServicesF&B DirectorF&B Outlet ManagerHead WaiterBartenderWaiter

Hotel Division Travel Services

Travel AgencyGeneral ManagerAssistant General ManagerSenior Travel ConsultantTravel Consultant

Tour OperationProduct ManagerSales and Marketing ManagerCredit ManagerTicketing ManagerTour Manager

What ASEAN has prepared

ASEAN Common Competency Standards for Tourism Professional

Regional Qualification Framework and Recognition System

144 Toolboxes for Hotel Division

83 Master Trainers

89 Master AssessorsNational Tourism Professionals Boards Tourism

Professionals Certification Boards

Target 2015

Certification of 6,000 ASEAN Tourism Professionals by 2015

Establishment of ASEAN Tourism Professional Registration System (ATPRS)

Regional Secretariat for MRA TP

Quality Tourism

The completion of following tourism standards and certification

process:

► Green hotel,

► Homestay,

► Spa services,

► Public toilet,

► Clean tourist city, and

► Community Based Tourism

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