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Cities of Quang Ninh, Chinese Guangxi foster tourism connections

Representatives from Ha Long and Mong Cai cities of Quang Ninh province and three cities of Chinese Guangxi province – Dongxing, Guilin and Manzhouli, gathered at a conference on December 2 to discuss cooperation measures to connect tourism routes through the localities.
Cities of Quang Ninh, Chinese Guangxi foster tourism connections ảnh 1Visitors at the Vietnam-China international trade-tourism fair (Photo: VNA)

Quang Ninh (VNA) – Representatives from Ha Longand Mong Cai cities of Quang Ninh province and three cities of Chinese Guangxiprovince – Dongxing, Guilin and Manzhouli, gathered at a conference on December2 to discuss cooperation measures to connect tourism routes through thelocalities.

The event was held within the Vietnam-China internationaltrade-tourism fair that is underway in Mong Cai city.

As the only Vietnamese province that share both road and seaborder with Chinese Guangxi province, Quang Ninh is an important gateway betweenChina and localities in Vietnam as well as Southeast Asian nations.

Both localities own diverse tourism resources that are supplementaryto each other. The two sides have cooperated closely in tourism promotion,human resources development and tourism environment management.

In the recent five years, Quang Ninh’s tourism sectorexpanded 11 percent per year on the average, with the number of foreigntourists rising 15 percent annually. In the first 10 months of 2019, theprovince welcomed 11.7 million visitors, up 10 percent year on year, including4.2 million foreign tourists.

Statistics showed that the number of Chinese visiting QuangNinh through Mong Cai border gate accounted for 20-30 percent of the totalforeign arrivals in Quang Ninh.

In 2019, Quang Ninh is estimated to serve 14 milliontourists, 6 million of whom being foreigners.

However, the locality has yet to meet the demand of touristsin the diversity of tourist destinations, service quality and infrastructuresystem.

Participants at the conference focused on seeking measuresto connect tourism sectors of the five cities with the building of new tourismroutes and the improvement of tourism service quality as well as humanresources for the sector.

They discussed solutions to stabilize travel activitiesthrough Mong Cai-Dongxing border gates to build the image of friendly,hospitable, safe and reliable tourism destinations for Quang Ninh and Guangxi.

Concluding the conference, the five localities signed amemorandum of understanding on cooperation in expanding the “two nations – fivecities” tourism route. At the event, local businesses of Quang Ninh and Guangxialso signed contracts on collaboration in tourist exchange./.
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