The Forum presided by the Governor of the Southern Province Hemakumara Nanayakkara was attended by representatives from other five member regions; Jeju, Hainan, Okinawa, Phuket, and Cebu.

The participants through the discussions have agreed on the importance of promoting environmental conservation and sustainable island tourism.

The next ITOP Forum, the 21st phase of the series will be held in Cebu, Philippine next year.

The first ITOP Forum was held in 1997 in Jeju, Republic of Korea. Sri Lanka has hosted ITOP in 2007, and 2016.