China News Service, Beijing, February 24th (Reporter Xu Jing) On the evening of February 22nd local time, the 44th Belgrade International Tourism Fair opened, and the Chinese delegation was invited to attend the opening ceremony as the guest of honor.
This exhibition is the first cultural tourism promotion event arranged by Beijing after China's epidemic prevention and control entered a new stage.
With the theme of "Beautiful China and Charming Beijing and Ningbo", the Chinese booth at this expo told people from all over the world about the historical origin and style of the Grand Canal in China.
As a sister city of Belgrade, Beijing also set up a special area to showcase the achievements of Beijing and Belgrade in cultural tourism, sports, education, business and other aspects of cooperation since October 1980.
In addition, Beijing Chaoyang District Culture and Tourism Bureau and Beijing Tongzhou District Culture and Tourism Bureau carefully arranged exhibitions, showing Beijing's central axis, Universal Studios, 144-hour transit visa-free policy, departure tax refund policy, "Beijing Tourism Expert", "Beijing "New Discovery" and other Beijing cultural and tourism resources and relevant policy materials display intangible cultural heritage and cultural and creative enterprise IP products such as Rabbit God and Beijing Grand Canal Bookmarks, which fully reflect that Beijing is a city where traditional culture and modern civilization complement each other, and historical context and fashion creativity complement each other The charm of a famous historical and cultural city and an international tourist city.
Shi Anping, head of the Chinese delegation and a first-level inspector of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, said in his speech that this exhibition is the first cultural and tourism promotion event arranged by Beijing after China’s epidemic prevention and control has entered a new stage. ", it is an "ice-breaking trip". It is hoped that taking this expo as an opportunity, cultural and tourism exchanges and cooperation can become a new important growth point for China and Serbia to strengthen all-round cooperation.
It is understood that the Belgrade International Tourism Fair is currently the largest international tourism fair in Central and Eastern Europe, and it has created an important engine for the recovery and development of the world tourism industry.
The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism coordinated the Chaoyang District Bureau of Culture and Tourism, the Bureau of Culture and Tourism of Tongzhou District and relevant cultural and tourism enterprises to participate in the exhibition.
The Chinese delegation is willing to work with tourism departments, tourism organizations, and cultural and tourism enterprises in various countries and regions to make good use of the favorable opportunity of this expo, carry out practical cultural and tourism exchanges and cooperation, and make new and greater contributions to the recovery and development of the world tourism industry .
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