China News Service, Changsha, December 27 (Reporter Tang Xiaoqing) How to turn crises into opportunities to explore sustainable development paths in the "post-epidemic era"?
On the 27th, during the China-ASEAN Cultural Tourism Week in Changsha, government officials, cultural experts and scholars from China and ASEAN countries gathered to find a solution.
Their answer is: use cultural tourism as the "media".
Intangible cultural heritage dough sculptures were displayed at the event.
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Since the establishment of dialogue relations between China and ASEAN 30 years ago, China-ASEAN cooperation in various fields has developed rapidly and has become the most successful and dynamic model of cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.
Among them, people-to-people and cultural exchanges are one of the important contents of China-ASEAN cooperation in various fields.
In recent years, China and ASEAN countries have strengthened cultural exchanges through platforms such as the China-ASEAN (10+1) Culture Ministers’ Meeting, China-ASEAN (10+1) Tourism Sector Meetings, China-ASEAN Cultural Forum, and China-ASEAN Expo Tourism Exhibition. , Tourism cooperation policy exchange and experience sharing.
China-ASEAN Tourism Year, China-Cambodia, China-Laos, China-Malaysia, Chinese, China-Myanmar Cultural Tourism Year and other major cultural and tourism festivals have been held successively, which has enriched the connotation of bilateral cultural and tourism cooperation.
Liu Jiahao, the fourth generation inheritor of Changsha Tongguan Kiln Clay Figure Liu, demonstrated his skills.
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Chen Dehai, secretary general of the China-ASEAN Center, said that China has become the largest source of tourists in ASEAN and one of the most popular outbound tourist destinations for ASEAN tourists.
According to data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China, there were 65 million mutual exchanges between China and ASEAN in 2019.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the China-ASEAN dialogue partnership, and it is also the China-ASEAN sustainable development cooperation year reached by the leaders of China and ASEAN.
However, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has become the biggest obstacle hindering the cultural exchanges between the two sides.
Under the conditions of normalization of the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, how to overcome the impact of the epidemic and promote the development of the cultural industry and tourism industry, China and ASEAN countries have accumulated some valuable experience, and continue to explore.
Cultural tourism in the "post-epidemic era" promotes dialogue on sustainable development.
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"ASEAN has issued the "ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework" and "ASEAN Digital Tourism Declaration" to jointly promote economic development and promote the recovery of the tourism industry." Chinese Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism Zhang Xu said in a written speech that China will continue to expand China and ASEAN In the field of national cultural and tourism cooperation, such as strengthening dialogue and exchanges in art festivals, intangible cultural heritage protection, cultural industry and tourism industry poverty alleviation, and cultural and tourism digital technology, we will jointly create new highlights of cooperation.
This year, the Thai Embassy in China hosted activities such as the Thai Cultural Festival and the China-ASEAN Cooperation Photo Exhibition.
“We have also cooperated with many digital platforms in China to promote Thai cuisine and participated in the 11th Beijing International Film Festival.” Thai Ambassador to China Atayut Xisamom hopes to maintain Thailand-China relations through art, cultural and tourism exchanges and cooperation. Contributions to the economic recovery of the two countries.
According to the forecast of the United Nations World Tourism Organization on November 29, the global tourism industry will lose 2 trillion US dollars due to the new crown epidemic in 2021.
"I judge that international tourism will remain stagnant and semi-stagnation for a considerable period of time." Shao Qiwei, vice chairman of the International Mountain Tourism Alliance, believes that the government departments and tourism industries of China and ASEAN countries should jointly use a variety of methods to study and propose Policy strategies and methods to respond to tourism recovery and revitalization, and put China-ASEAN transportation interconnection in a more prominent position, highlighting national and local characteristics of tourism elements.
"The cultural and tourism promotion activities between ASEAN and Chinese cities can be strengthened." Deputy Chief of the Myanmar Embassy in China, Minister Counselor Duxin Matai said that ASEAN countries should vigorously strengthen tourism cooperation with China and explore new developments in the tourism industry. model.
Laos has beautiful original ecology, extensive and profound Buddhist culture and many world heritage sites.
Thongsawan Peitai, deputy head of the Lao Embassy in China, said that in 2019, the number of Chinese tourists to Laos exceeded 1 million.
"The China-Laos Railway that was opened not long ago not only opened up the railway trade route between Laos and China, but the Lao tourism industry also hopes to use it to attract more Chinese tourists to Laos." Thongsavan Peitai hopes to strengthen art, culture and cooperation with China. Exchanges and cooperation in the protection of cultural relics and historical sites have created new job opportunities for the Lao people and promoted economic recovery.
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