Tuesday, May 28, 2024 Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed US tourists to China on May 22, inviting them to experience Chinese culture, meet locals, and explore beautiful landscapes. His message was part of the 14th China-US Tourism Leadership Summit in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province. The summit, a crucial platform for officials and industry players from both countries to promote cooperation in the tourism sector, convened for the first time since 2019, is adding to the increased interactions between the world’s two biggest economies as they seek to stabilize bilateral ties.
The event is set to boost bilateral tourism cooperation and people-to-people exchanges, officials and industry players said. The summit, themed “Expanding China-US Travel and Tourism and People-to-People Exchanges,” began in Xi’an on May 22 with about 400 representatives from both countries. This year’s participation, highlighting increased enthusiasm for cooperation, is triple that of the last summit in 2019, according to official data.
Warm welcome In the message to the summit, Xi stressed that tourism is an important bridge for exchanges and mutual understanding between the people of China and the US, according to the Xinhua News Agency. “We warmly welcome American tourists to travel to China, meet Chinese friends, experience Chinese culture, visit beautiful landscapes and experience the real China,” Xi said. It is hoped that all walks of life in the two countries will take this summit as an .
