Participants in the Pacific Asia Travel Association Hub City Forum on Chinese and Korean tourism markets pose for photographers before its opening at Grand Ambassador Seoul Hotel on Monday. Among them are PATA Korea chairman Nam Sang-man (third from right), Korea’s First Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Cho Hyeon-jae (fourth from right) and PATA CEO Martin Craigs (fifth from right). Established in 1951, the association has 1,000 members in 73 countries. (Park Hae-mook/The Korea Herald)