NEW YORK, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) — Cultural exchanges and tourism cooperation between China and the United States have seen rapid recovery and development this year, Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping said Friday. .
Huang made the remarks at the Chinese Culture Night held at Citi Field in New York on Friday.
“Since the beginning of the year, we are pleased to see the recovery and growth of the global tourism industry (…) Cultural exchanges and tourism cooperation between China and the United States have also seen a recovery. and rapid development,” Huang said at a ceremony marking the start of the 14th annual event.
On Tuesday, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met with Chinese Culture and Tourism Minister Hu Heping in Beijing. Both sides agreed that people-to-people ties play a very important role in bilateral relations.
China and the United States have agreed to hold the 14th China-U.S. High-Level Tourism Summit in the first half of 2024 in China to revive and expand bilateral tourism cooperation.
Huang pointed out that both China and the United States are rich in cultural and tourism resources, both are the world’s largest tourism markets, and before the pandemic, China and the United States States were important tourist destinations for each other.
“The relationship between countries is based on mutual affinity between people, and the friendship between people is based on mutual understanding of hearts. Is there a better way to promote mutual understanding and trust than travel “I sincerely hope and believe that more and more tourists from the United States and around the world will visit China and experience a journey of discovery beyond imagination,” Huang said.
“Chinese Culture Evening”, which started in 2012, has become “an important platform” for feast-goers and east coast audiences of different ethnicities to experience the fusion of cultures. Eastern and Western, he said.
After the ceremony, Mr. Huang took to the field to throw out the first pitch in a baseball game between the New York Mets and the Seattle Mariners.
China’s new tourism brand, Nihao!China, recently launched by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism, was also unveiled at the ceremony.
The logo features a chubby panda, the colorful letters of “Nihao China” and the traditional Chinese seal Nihao Zhongguo in Chinese characters.
Last month, China announced the resumption of group travel to dozens of additional overseas destinations, including Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, further boosting demand for travel to the stranger. END
2023-09-02 13:28:34
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