China News Service, Yichang, October 13 (Dong Xiaobin and Cao Mengwen) The 13th China Camping Tourism Forum and the National C-Class Self-driving Caravan Camp Club Establishment Ceremony was held in Yichang, Hubei on the 13th. Domestic tourism experts, scholars, industry association leaders, etc. More than a hundred people discussed the development of China's open business tourism.
With the theme of "Innovation and Development of RV Camping Tourism in the Context of High-quality Tourism", this forum is co-sponsored by the China Tour Vehicle and Ship Association, the Hubei Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, and the Yichang Municipal Government.
Hou Lejun, vice president of the China Travel Car and Boat Association, said, "I hope that through the holding of this event, we will help the self-driving caravan and camping industry in various regions to reach a new level."
The 13th China Camping Tourism Forum kicked off in Yichang, Hubei. Photo by Zhou Xingliang
At the forum, experts and scholars from the Institute of Cultural Creativity of Tsinghua University and China Tourism Scenic Area Association gave keynote speeches respectively.
China Tourist Vehicle Association, Yichang Municipal Government, and Yichang Tourism Group jointly issued the "Yichang Initiative" to jointly advocate protecting the Yangtze River's ecological environment, leading green and low-carbon travel, and improving the quality of camping tourism.
According to the "China Self-driving Car, Motorhome and Camping Tourism Development Report" released by the China Tourist Vehicles Association, in 2020, the number of self-driving tourists accounted for 77.8% of the country's total travellers, reaching 2.24 billion, a year-on-year growth rate of 21.7%.
On the same day, the China Tourist Vehicle and Ship Association awarded licenses to the first batch of 15 C-level self-driving caravan camps in the country, and 15 camps initiated and established the "National C-level self-driving caravan camp club" to jointly plan "brand building, resource sharing, A new pattern of win-win development featuring complementary products, market interaction, and mutual flow of customers.
Yichang is vigorously developing RV camping tourism photo by Zhou Xingliang
At present, Yichang City, Hubei is moving forward around the six development goals of "a world-famous tourist city, clean energy capital, Yangtze throat hub, fine phosphating center, Three Gorges ecological barrier, and a model city of civilization".
Zhou Zhengying, deputy mayor of Yichang City, stated that he will vigorously develop RV camping eco-tourism, green tourism, global tourism, and high-quality tourism, and contribute to the development of camping tourism in China a "sample of Yichang" with Xiajiang characteristics.
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