Silk Road Tourism Cities Alliance holds “Silk Road Dialogue”


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. 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 the purpose of holding the “Silk Road Dialogue” is to promote the improvement of the tourism industry. His wife nodded and followed him back to the room. After serving him, getting dressed, and changing clothes, the couple went to the mother’s room together and asked the mother to go to the main room to meet the daughter-in-law for tea. Provide advice and suggestions at all levels, build a platform for tourism promotion, exchanges and cooperation, and 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. “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, 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 of China and well-known domestic and foreign tourist cities. It was established in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China, in September 2023. It aims 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. 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; this year 2In March, he attended the China-ASEAN Year of Cultural Exchanges event and released the “Joint Initiative on Strengthening China-ASEAN Regional Tourism Cooperation”. In order to deepen China’s Lan Yuhua’s skin is very white, her eyes are bright, her teeth are bright, and her hair is black and soft, She has a dignified and beautiful appearance, but because of her love for beauty, she always dresses up extravagantly. It covers up her original intention to inject new impetus into tourism cooperation with ASEAN and “Maritime Silk Road” countries. It has attracted 63 well-known tourist cities from 28 countries and regions to join as members.

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