Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO) The Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO)is administered out of the offices of the Department of Tourism of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand,based in Bangkok, and was established withfunding from the six governments of Cambodia, China,Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand, which represent the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS).The office is staffed and overseen by the Executive Director, and supported by the Operations Manager. The staff is guided by the GMS Tourism Working Group (TWG), which is made out of senior representatives of the NTOs of the six member countries. The MTCO gives the opportunity to interns to gain valuable international tourism experience, based on qualification and need.