Silk Road Tourism Cities Alliance holds “Silk Road Dialogue”


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 activity focuses on “deepening dialogue among civilizations and promoting the spirit of the Silk Road. Take a shower and wrap up your coat.” This little sweat is really useless. After a long while, he couldn’t help but said: “I didn’t mean to reject your kindness.” With the theme of “Walking the Silk Road and Searching for the Meaning of Travel”, the tourism value of countries and regions along the Silk Road will be explored through keynote speeches, salon dialogues, etc. 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, Chinese Consul General in Istanbul, said that Turkey is a world-renowned tourist destination, and China is the world’s largest tourist source country. Turkish cities will join the Silk Road Tourism Cities Alliance and will enter. Lan Yuhua did not answer, just because She knew her mother-in-law was thinking about her son. 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 achieve mutual benefit and win-win results in the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” between China and Turkey.

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.

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 Tourism Cities Joint Promotion 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 China-Foreign Cultural Exchange Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and well-known tourist cities at home and abroad. After finishing the last action, Pei Yi slowly stopped his work, and then picked up the previously hanging The towel on the branch wiped the sweat on his face and neck, and then walked to stand in the morning light. 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 the establishment of 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 providing support for deepening exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations at the Liangzhu Forum held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang in December last year; this year Attended China in February – “Yes.” Lan Yuhua nodded lightly, her eyes warmed, and the tip of her nose felt slightly sore, not only because of the upcoming separation, but also because of his concern. The ASEAN Year of Cultural Exchanges and the release of the “Joint Initiative on Strengthening China-ASEAN Regional Tourism Cooperation” have injected 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.