{"id":8258,"date":"2026-05-25T05:35:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/global-travel-news\/timor-leste-breaks-ground-on-another-major-tourism-project\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T05:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:35:31","slug":"timor-leste-breaks-ground-on-another-major-tourism-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/global-travel-news\/timor-leste-breaks-ground-on-another-major-tourism-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Timor-Leste Breaks Ground on Another Major Tourism Project"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Timor-Leste<\/a>Dili, Timor-Leste, May 25, 2026 \/ TRAVELINDEX \/ Timor-Leste has officially broken ground on the new International Convention Centre<\/strong>, a landmark development expected to strengthen the country\u2019s tourism and events sector ahead of its ASEAN Chairmanship in 2029. The foundation stone was laid on 20 May 2026, during national independence celebrations, by Prime Minister Xanana Gusm\u00e3o, President Jos\u00e9 Ramos-Horta, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and Environment Francisco Kalbuadi Lay, ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn, and Australia\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles.<\/p>\n

Located on the shoreline of Dili\u2019s old port precinct, the development will feature a main convention facility with conference rooms, auditoriums, and exhibition halls. It will also include leisure and visitor attractions such as a pedestrian promenade along the pier, an aquarium, a Ferris wheel, and an entertainment and retail precinct.<\/p>\n

The convention centre will play an important role in Timor-Leste\u2019s preparations to host major regional and international gatherings, including events linked to its ASEAN Chairmanship in 2029, such as the Heads of State Summit.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlongside our ASEAN commitments, this new convention facility will provide a major boost to Timor-Leste\u2019s growing tourism sector by giving us the capacity to host large regional and international meetings and events,\u201d said Antonio da Silva, Director General of Tourism<\/strong>. \u201cIt will also strengthen our ability to attract the high-value meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) market across Southeast Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project follows three other major infrastructure investments expected to be completed by 2029, which will further support Timor-Leste\u2019s tourism growth and broader economy: the USD 300 million upgrade of Dili\u2019s international airport, the conversion of Tibar Bay Port into a cruise ship terminal, and the Dili Waterfront Rehabilitation Project.<\/p>\n

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Dili, Timor-Leste, May 25, 2026 \/ TRAVELINDEX \/ Timor-Leste has officially broken ground on the new International Convention Centre, a landmark development expected to strengthen the country\u2019s tourism and events sector ahead of its ASEAN Chairmanship in 2029. The foundation stone was laid on 20 May 2026, during national independence celebrations, by Prime Minister Xanana …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2315,37,14,2316,1966],"class_list":["post-8258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-global-travel-news","tag-global-travelnews","tag-news","tag-travelindex","tag-travelindex-media-group","tag-untourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}