Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 27 (Xinhua) — Travel companies from northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Belarus are interested in cooperation in the cross-border tourism sector, the Urumqi Evening Newspaper reported.
On Tuesday, a meeting of representatives of local tourism companies with colleagues from the Belarusian enterprise “CenterKurort” took place in Urumqi (the administrative center of XUAR). The parties discussed issues related to the development of products in the field of cross-border tourism.
According to Dong Mengying, sales manager of the Xinqiang-based travel agency Meicheng Online, health and wellness tours in Belarus and Belarusian castles, including Mir, Nesvizh and others, are very attractive to Chinese travelers. Tour operators from both sides plan to jointly develop routes for Chinese tourists.
Let us recall that in February this year, a Xinjiang delegation, which included representatives of 12 local travel agencies, took part in the presentation of China’s tourism opportunities in Minsk. Xinjiang’s unique geographical advantages, its rich tourism resources and convenient visa policy aroused great interest among Belarusian tour operators.
“We and our Belarusian colleagues have preliminarily developed seven routes that connect the city of Xi’an, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan and Belarus,” said Wu Feng, chairman of the Xinjiang Association of Tour Operators.
According to him, the Chinese tourism market is huge. The two sides should step up cooperation in product development and marketing to increase tourism flow. -0-