1、 Performance Review Study of the APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC)Scheme Final Report APEC Business Mobility Group May 2025 Performance Review Study of the APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC)Scheme Final Report APEC Business Mobility Group May 2025 APEC Project:BMG 01 2022A Produced by Washington CORE,L

2、.L.C.4500 East-West Hwy#730 Bethesda,Maryland 20814 USA.James Tetlow,Senior Research Analyst;Takahiro Nakamura,Project Manager;Chris Wood,Senior Research Analyst;Riku Kawakami,Research Analyst Telephone:1-301-654-2915 ext.127 Email: For Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat 35 Heng Mui Keng

3、Terrace Singapore 119616 Tel:(65)68919 600 Fax:(65)68919 690 Email:infoapec.org Website:www.apec.org 2025 APEC Secretariat APEC#225-CT-01.7 3 Table of Contents 1 Executive Summary.5 2 Introduction.6 3 Background.7 4 Research Methodology.7 4.1 Project Objectives.7 4.2 Key Components.7 5 The Evolution

4、 of the ABTC Scheme from 1997-2024.9 5.1 Introduction.9 5.2 Overview of the ABTC Scheme.9 5.3 The Origins of the ABTC Scheme.11 5.4 Development of the ABTC Scheme from 1997-2014.11 5.5 Findings from the 2014-2015 End-to-End Review of the ABTC.13 5.6 The ABTC Scheme from 2015 to the COVID-19 Pandemic

5、(2015-2019).14 5.7 The ABTC Scheme during the COVID-19 Pandemic Era(2020-2022).15 5.8 The ABTC Scheme after the COVID-19 Pandemic Era(2023-present).17 6 Case Studies on ABTC Implementation.20 6.1 Overview.20 6.2 Canada and the United States(Transitional Members).22 6.2.1 Canada.23 6.2.2 United State

6、s.23 6.3 Japan.25 6.4 Papua New Guinea.27 6.5 Peru.28 7 Survey Findings.29 7.1 Survey Methodology.29 7.2 Results Government Officials.29 7.2.1 Cardholder Data.30 7.2.2 ABTC Applications and Renewals.33 7.2.3 Technology and the ABTC.34 7.2.4 Changes to the ABTC Scheme.35 7.3 Results Industry Associat