The 23rd Meeting of ASEAN Tourism Ministers Plus Three (23rd M-ATM Plus Three) was held on 26 January 2024. H.E. Suanesavanh Vignaket, Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lao PDR, chaired the Meeting and Mr. Wang Chang, Charge d’affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Lao PDR, as Co-Chairs. The 23rd M-ATM Plus Three was preceded by the 44th Meeting of the ASEAN Plus Three National Tourism Organisations (NTOs) on 23 January 2024.
The Meeting noted that based on the preliminary figures in 2023, ASEAN Plus Three countries attracted over 147 million visitors. The Meeting expressed its optimism that the tourism sector would continue to recover as demand for travel continues to grow.
