The Tourism Administration of Guangzhou Municipality and the Tourism Promotion Organization for Asia-Pacific Cities have reached a cooperation agreement in Guangzhou, saying that it will set up Guangzhou Tourism Promotion Center in Busan of South Korea in April 2010.

Busan will be the 3rd overseas promotion agency for Guangzhou after promotion centers in Australia and Tokyo.

Based on the survey of the tourist administration, South Korea has become a major tourist source market of Guangzhou. In 2009, by 60,400 tourists from South Korean it is in the 4th position among inbound tourists to Guangzhou.

Based on the agreement, the TPO Secretariat will make the most of its operating system covering 25 member cities in South Korea and 65 member cities in Asia-Pacific region, its media network of websites, magazines and e-papers, and its cooperation with local tourism industry, to help Guangzhou Tourism Promotion Center (Busan, South Korea) in promotion, information services, organizing activities, and media publicity.