BANGKOK， Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Thailand has worked with Myanmar to send a pilot group of 71 voluntary displaced Myanmar people back home on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The 71 displaced persons， who have been residing in Thailand for more than 30 years， all voluntarily chose to go back to Myanmar， according to Thai ministry of foreign affairs.
"Positive political development and the Peace Process in Myanmar in recent years played a significant role in encouraging the displaced persons to voluntarily return to their homeland，" The ministry said in a statement.
The ministry called the return of these returnees "historic" and said the undertaking was under cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) with support from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Thai and Myanmar government earlier agreed to further discuss on the return of the remaining persons in Thailand under Joint Working Group (JWG) on the Return of the Displaced Persons from Myanmar， during which Thailand has already proposed to host the first meeting by the end of this year.
Thailand has been providing shelters for displaced persons from Myanmar since 1984.
At present， there are more than 103，000 displaced persons living in nine temporary shelters in Thailand in Mae Hong Son， Tak， Kanchanaburi and Ratchaburi Provinces.
The first group of 71 persons comprises of six displaced persons from Tham Hin Temporary Shelter in Ratchaburi Province and 65 from Nupo Temporary Shelter in Tak Province.
Aung San Suu Kyi， State Counselor of Myanmar， said during her visit to Thailand in June that she wanted to take all the displaced home.
"What we want is that all people displaced from our country should come back to us and should come back to the kind of conditions which they will never want to move again，" Suu Kyi said in a joint press conference with Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on June 24th.
KIGALI， Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda is set to present its top tourism potential in one of the largest global tourism conference scheduled for next month in the Capital Kigali.
The small central African country will host 41st Annual World Tourism Conference from 14th to 17th November that aims at promoting tourism as an engine for economic growth and job creation across the continent， through innovative business models， new technologies and strategic partnerships.
The four-day high level event that will be hosted for the first time in Rwanda is expected to convene African leaders， international investors and travel professionals.
It's organized by the Africa Travel Association (ATA) and the government of Rwanda.
The ATA， a division of Corporate Council on Africa， is the leading global trade association promoting travel and tourism to Africa and strengthening intra-Africa partnerships.
Speaking to reporters on Friday， Belize Kaliza， Chief Tourism Officer at Rwanda Development Board (RDB)， is delighted to host major tourism forum that presents an opportunity to the country to showcase its tourism attractions and investment opportunities.
"The event will illustrate how the sector offers unique rich cultural， historical and natural assets to the full benefit of the country's tourism industry，" she added.
Kaliza explained that Rwanda has stepped up efforts to boost tourism industry through events such as baby gorilla naming ceremonies (Kwita Izina) and Meetings Incentives Conference and ExhibitionsEvents (MICE).
According to RDB tourism statistics， the industry registered more than 340 million U.S dollars in revenues in 2015， indicating a 10 percent increase from 2014.
African tourism industry is worth 44 billion U.S dollars， according to Africa Tourism Monitor 2015: Unlocking Africa's Tourism Potential， a joint report by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and New York University's Africa House and ATA.
The continent's travel and hospitality industry has quadrupled in size in less than 15 years， according to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
Africa is one of the world's fastest-growing tourist destinations， second only to Southeast Asia. Enditem
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