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Recently, the Silk Road Tourism Cities Alliance’s “Silk Road Dialogue” event was held in Istanbul, Turkey. The event was co-sponsored by the China International Cultural Exchange Center and the Istanbul Municipal Government in Turkey. It was the first time the alliance was held abroad since its establishment. “Because this matter has nothing to do with me.” Lan Yuhua slowly said the last sentence, making Xi Shixun feel as if someone had A bucket of water was poured on his head, and his heart moved all the way. The event revolves around the theme of “Deepening dialogue among civilizations and carrying forward the spirit of the Silk Road; walking the Silk Road and finding the meaning of travel”. Through the keynote, you will demonstrate that your commitment to freedom will not change. “.” Lectures, salon dialogues and other methods are used to explore the tourism value of countries and regions along the Silk Road. Guests from many countries, scholars and representatives from many international tourist cities attended the event.
Peter Simon, Chairman of the Asia Pacific Travel Association, believes that the Silk Road spirit should be carried forward, the inclusive and sustainable development of the tourism industry should be promoted, and a better future should be created.
Francesco Frangali, Honorary Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, said that the United Nations World Tourism Organization pays close attention to the number of trips between countries and regions along the Silk Road. “Are you married? This is not good.” Mother Pei shook her head, her attitude still showing no signs of softening. Tour cooperation. The “Modern Silk Road” will become the “wonder of the world” that today’s travelers are looking for.
Wei Xiaodong, Chinese Consul General in Istanbul, said that Turkey is a world-famous tourist destination. China is the world’s largest source of tourists, and Turkey The city’s participation in the Silk Road Tourism Cities Alliance will further explore the huge potential of tourism cooperation between China and Turkey, promote exchanges and cooperation between the two parties in various fields to achieve more substantive results, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results for China and Turkey’s joint construction of the “Belt and Road”
Wan Qing, deputy director of the Sino-Foreign Cultural Exchange Center (Secretariat of the Silk Road Tourism Cities Alliance), said that holding the “Silk Road Dialogue” is to provide suggestions and suggestions for improving the quality and upgrading of the tourism industry and to build a platform for tourism promotion, exchanges and cooperation. Inject more positive energy into promoting world peace and sustainable development.
Focusing on the hot trends in the tourism industry, the guests at the meeting made suggestions for the sustainable development of tourism in member cities, technology-empowered international tourism promotion and marketing, and other content. A series of colorful cultural and tourism activities were also held during the event. “The Charming Silk Road connects the world” – the Silk Road. At the moment she lost consciousness, she seemed to hear several voices screaming at the same time – the joint promotion of the Silk Road Tourism Cities has built a display promotion and business exchange platform for the alliance member cities. . Representatives from the culture and tourism authorities of member cities demonstrated the city’s natural scenery, cultural heritage, customs and other high-quality cultural and tourism resources in multiple dimensions through physical display, video playback and other forms.
The Silk Road Tourism Cities Alliance was jointly initiated by the Chinese and Foreign Cultural Exchange Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and well-known domestic and foreign tourist cities. It was established in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China in September 2023.It aims to promote friendly exchanges and practical cooperation between Chinese and foreign cities in the field of tourism. Since its establishment, the alliance has received widespread attention and positive response from many countries and cities. It has organized or participated in a series of cultural and tourism activities, including providing support for deepening exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations at the Liangzhu Forum held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang in December last year. etc.; in February this year, they attended the China-ASEAN Year of Cultural Exchanges and released the “Joint Initiative on Strengthening China-ASEAN Regional Tourism Cooperation”, injecting new impetus into deepening tourism cooperation between China, ASEAN and “Maritime Silk Road” countries. It has attracted 63 well-known tourist cities from 28 countries and regions to join as members.