On 27 April 2016, Secretary-General of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping met with H.E. Mme. Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, Minister of Tourism and Sports of Thailand. H.E. Mr. Pongpanu Svetarundra, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand, and Miss Phasporn Sangasubana, Acting Director-General of the Department of ASEAN Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, attended the meeting.
Secretary-General Yang thanked the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand for its strong supports to ACC and appreciated Thailand’s contribution to promoting Thailand -China and ASEAN-China relations. She said that the bilateral visits between ASEAN and China hit 23 million--a record high-- in 2015 with more than 1,000 flights connecting ASEAN and China every week. With adequate tourism infrastructure, beautiful sceneries, simple and honest people and rich resources in culture, Thailand attracted 8 million first-stop Chinese travellers in 2015, making it the most popular destination for Chinese visitors among ASEAN Countries. The tourism cooperation between China and Thailand enjoyed huge potential.
Secretary-General Yang briefed on ACC’s work in tourism, saying that ACC had been actively promoting ASEAN-China tourism resources, which included capacity building projects in Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia and Philippines and the ASEAN-China Youth Football Tournament supported by ACC. 2016 marked the 25th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations. ACC was planning to conduct a series of activities such as shooting tourism documentaries in 10 ASEAN countries, hosting the ASEAN-China Tourism Photo Contest and the ASEAN-China Youth Summer Camp. ACC was willing to work closely with the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand to boost Thailand-China and ASEAN-China cooperation in tourism, sports and youth so as to contribute to a brighter future of people’s welfare of both sides.
Minister Kobkarn commended ACC’s fruitful efforts to promote ASEAN-China tourism and sport cooperation, which enabled the Chinese people to learn more about Thailand and grow fond of this country. She said that Thailand and China enjoyed good cooperation in the tourism sector. Thailand was committed to developing sustainable and responsible tourism, and was keen to improve service through training and allow foreign tourists to learn more about its history, culture and customs and enjoy travelling in the country. The Thai people loved sports and admired sport stars. The Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand was willing to strengthen communication with ACC and carry out programmes such as sports competitions, exchange of visits, as well as coach and athlete training, which would enhance understanding and friendship and bring the people of the two countries closely together.
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