China News Service, September 26. According to the website of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the 2022 Group of Twenty (G20) Tourism Ministers Meeting will be held in Bali, Indonesia on the 26th in a combination of online and offline methods. Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism of China Rao Quan attended and spoke online at the meeting, which was chaired by Sandiaga Uno, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia.
G20 members and tourism ministers and representatives of invited countries, heads of international organizations and industry associations such as the United Nations World Tourism Organization, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the World Travel and Tourism Council attended the meeting, and focused on the "common recovery, strong recovery". discussion on the topic.
In his speech, Rao Quan put forward five propositions based on the practice of China's tourism development: one is to work together to promote tourism recovery and achieve a more sustainable recovery and development; Integrated development at a wide range, deeper level and higher level; the third is innovation-driven, stimulate tourism kinetic energy, make better use of digital, networked and intelligent scientific and technological innovation achievements, and achieve high-quality development of tourism; Tourism benefits the people and jointly contributes to the cause of poverty reduction for mankind; the fifth is pragmatic cooperation to jointly create the future of tourism and make due contributions to jointly boosting the confidence of the global tourism industry.
Rao Quan said that China is willing to work with all members to accelerate the transformation of the tourism industry and develop towards a more people-oriented, more inclusive, more sustainable and more resilient future.
The delegates introduced the specific measures of each member to promote the post-epidemic recovery of the tourism industry, and focused on the cultivation and development of human resources in the tourism industry, the creative economy to promote the resilience and recovery of the tourism industry, the empowerment of women and youth, the transformation of sustainable tourism models, and tourism support. In-depth exchanges on topics such as policies and investment frameworks were conducted.
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