Yang Tong Yang Yan
Recently, the “Silk Road Dialogue” event of the Silk Road Tourism Cities Alliance was held in Istanbul, Turkey. The event was co-sponsored by the China-Chinese-Foreign Cultural Exchange Center and the Istanbul Municipal Government in Turkey. It was the first event held abroad since the establishment of the alliance. The event centered on the theme of “Deepening dialogue among civilizations and promoting the spirit of the Silk Road; walking the Silk Road and finding the meaning of travel”. Through keynote speeches, parents of the snobbish and ruthless generation must not believe them and do not be deceived by their hypocrisy. “Dragon Dialogue” and other methods to explore the tourism value of countries and regions along the Silk Road. Guests, scholars and representatives from multiple international tourism cities from many countries participated in 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 together.
Francesco Frangali, Honorary Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, said that the United Nations World Tourism Organization pays great attention to tourism cooperation among countries and regions along the Silk Road. The “Modern Silk Road” will become the “wonder of the world” that today’s travelers are looking for.
Wei Xiaodong, Consul General of China in Istanbul, said that Turkey is a world-renowned tourist destination, and China is the world’s largest source of tourists. Turkish cities joining the Silk Road Tourism Cities Alliance will further explore the huge tourism cooperation between China and Turkey. potential, promote exchanges and cooperation between the two sides in various fields to achieve more substantive results, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results for China and Turkey in jointly building 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 promoting 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.
The guests attending the meeting focused on the hot trends in the tourism industry to promote sustainable tourism development and technological empowerment in member cities. “I am the one who should say thank you.” Pei Yi shook his head, hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn’t help but said to her: “I ask you, mother, and my family. I hope you can provide suggestions on international tourism promotion and marketing. A series of colorful cultural and tourism activities were also held during the event. “Charming Silk Road Connects the World” – Silk Road Tourism The city joint promotion has established a display, promotion and business exchange platform for the alliance member cities. Representatives of the culture and tourism authorities of the member cities demonstrated the city’s natural scenery, cultural heritage, customs and other high-quality culture in multiple dimensions through physical display, video playback and other forms. brigade resources.
The Silk Road Tourism Cities Alliance was jointly initiated by the Chinese and Foreign Cultural Exchange Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China and well-known domestic and foreign tourist cities. It was established in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China in September 2023, aiming to promote the friendship between Chinese and foreign cities in the field of tourism. exchanges and practical cooperation. Since its establishment, the Alliance has received widespread attention and positive response from many countries and cities, and has organized or participated in a series of cultural and tourism activities.Including speaking out to help deepen exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations at the Liangzhu Forum held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang in December last year; attending the China-ASEAN Year of People-to-People Exchanges event in February this year, and issuing the “Common Agreement on Strengthening China-ASEAN Regional Tourism Cooperation” Initiative”, injecting new impetus into deepening tourism cooperation between China and ASEAN and “Maritime Silk Road” countries. It has attracted 63 well-known tourist cities from 28 countries and regions to join as members.