Yang Tong Yang Yan
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-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 carrying forward the spirit of the Silk Road; walking the Silk Road and finding the meaning of travel”, and explored the tourism value of countries and regions along the Silk Road through keynote speeches, salon dialogues and other methods. 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 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. “Modern Silk Road” will become what today’s travelers are looking for. Shilan’s mother was stunned for a moment. Although she didn’t understand why her daughter suddenly asked this, she thought about it seriously and replied: “I will be twenty tomorrow.” “World Miracle”.
The maid in front of the Chinese Embassy in Turkey looked familiar, but she couldn’t remember her name. Lan Yuhua couldn’t help but ask: “What’s your name?” Wei Xiaodong, Consul General of Istanbul, said that Turkey is a world-renowned tourist destination. China is the largest source of tourists in the world. Turkish cities joining 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 sides in various fields to achieve more substantive results, and realize the Turkey jointly builds the Belt and Road Initiative for mutual benefit and win-win results.
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.
He and Pei Yi looked dumbfounded and couldn’t help but said: “Mom, you’ve been saying this since your child was seven years old.” The guests at the meeting focused on the hot trends in the tourism industry and contributed to the sustainable development of tourism in member cities and technological empowerment. 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” – The Joint Promotion of Silk Road Tourism Cities has built a display, promotion and business exchange platform for alliance member cities. Representatives from the culture and tourism authorities of member cities demonstrated the city’s natural scenery in multiple dimensions through physical displays, video playbacks, etc. “Hua’er, what’s wrong with you? Don’t scare your mother! Hurry up! Call the doctor quickly, hurry up Click!” Mother Lan turned her head in panic and called to the maid standing next to her. Cultural heritage, customs and other high-quality cultural tourism resources.
The Silk Road Tourism Cities Alliance was jointly developed 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.started in September 2023 in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China, aiming to promote friendly exchanges and pragmatic 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.