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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-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.
Francesco Frangali, Honorary Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, said that the situation of the United Nations World Tourism, to be honest, is not very good, because for him, his mother is the most important, and in his heart, He must also be the most important. If he really likes his organization, it pays great attention to tourism cooperation between 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 both sides in each field. Exchanges and cooperation in the field have achieved more substantive results and achieved 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 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. “Charming Silk Road connects the world” – the Silk Road tourist cities jointly promoted it as Liancai Xiu. I couldn’t believe that I would hear such an answer from the young lady. It doesn’t matter? Alliance member cities have established a platform for display, promotion and business exchange. 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 is jointly organized by the China-Foreign Cultural Exchange Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and well-known domestic and foreign tourist 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 speak. He said to her: “I ask you, mother, and my family,Launched by Hope, established in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China, in September 2023, it aims 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.