BANGKOK, 9 March 2012 – An estimated 38,000 Rotary club members from all around the world are due to be in Thailand between May 3-9 for the first global Rotary event.
Bearing the theme, “Reach Within to Embrace Humanity,” the 2012 Rotary International Convention is expected to generate roughly three billion baht in income for the country. Expected to be Thailand’s biggest convention ever, it will be preceded by a number of advance events; such as the Rotary World Peace Symposium and Rotary Alumni Celebration between May 3-5.
The convention is an annual gathering of global Rotary club members, comprising more than 1.2 million business people and professionals from all walks of life. There are now more than 34,000 clubs in more than 200 countries. The 2012 event will mark the 103rd of such a convention which was last held in New Orleans, Louisiana, last year.
The last major Rotary convention hosted by Thailand was the 1996 Asia Regional Conference which had a turnout of 15,000 delegates.
The event is being supported by all the clubs of Rotary Thailand, the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB), Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Thai Airways International, Tourism Authority of Thailand, as well as related public and private agencies.
The Rotary International Convention is an opportunity for the members to discuss their various global projects and activities aimed at helping people to improve their quality of life. Six key topics of discussion are peace and conflict prevention/resolution, disease prevention and treatment, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, basic education and literacy, and economic and community development.
In line with these humanitarian objectives, Rotary projects are focused on helping needy people in remote areas. It has become a tradition that every time the Rotary International Convention is held, many existing social improvement projects of the host country stand to benefit greatly.
For further details and registration, please check out http://www.rotaryconvention2012.com/
