On 26 May 2016, ASEAN-China Centre (ACC) organized the ASEAN-China Tourism Cooperation Forum and the 2016 ASEAN-China Tourism Photography Competition Prize Presentation Ceremony in Beijing. H.E. Mme. Yang Xiuping, Secretary-General of ACC, and H.E. Mr. Thein Lwin, Ambassador of Myanmar to China, attended the forum and delivered speeches. Representatives of other ASEAN country Embassies in China, the tourism circle and media of both sides were present at the forum.
Secretary-General Yang said in her remarks that the forum was one of the activities that ACC organized in the ASEAN-China Week to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations. Tourism cooperation had always been an important content of ASEAN-China relations. In 2015, the scale of ASEAN-China tourism exchanges hit another historical high and the number of yearly mutual visit exceeded 23 million person-times. There were more than 1,000 flights per week between China and ASEAN countries. ASEAN had become one of the favorite destinations of Chinese tourists. The expansion and deepening of tourism cooperation had made great contributions to the development of people to people understanding and friendship as well associal and economic development of countries in the region. Secretary-General Yang briefed on the efforts and achievements of ACC to promote pragmatic cooperation of tourism between ASEAN and China. She said that ACC would continue to enhance communication and cooperation with governments and tourism communitiesof all the countries, to make deep and solid development of tourism with more abundant fruits, and to make new contributions to the construction of ASEAN-China community of common destiny.
Ambassador Thein Lwin said that Myanmar had rich and diversified tourism resources and the friendship between Myanmar and China dated back to ancient times. Myanmar attached great importance to the active role that tourism played in driving national economy and promoting cultural exchange. After the new government of Myanmar took office in March 2016, a series of related measures had been formulated in effort to strengthen tourism. He hoped that ACC would continue to fully utilize its advantages as a one-stop information and activity centre and play a bigger role in advancing tourism cooperation between Myanmar and China.
Minister Counsellor of the Indonesian Embassy Freddy, Mr. Xufan, expert of World Tourism Organization, Mr. Wang Chunfeng, Vice President of U-Tour Travel Agency and Mr. Zeng Bowei, Director of China’s Tourism Economy and Policy Research Centre put forward ideas and proposals on promoting tourism cooperation and communicated with other guests.
Winners of 2016 ASEAN-China Tourism Photography Competition were announced during the event. Six contestants from China, Myanmar and Malaysia won the first, second and third prize respectively. The competition attracted nearly a thousand amateur photographers from China and 10 ASEAN countries, and collected more than 5,800 photos. The photos reflected the culture and customs of ASEAN and China, the increasingly close ASEAN-China friendly relations and new looks of local tourism development.
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