A China-Laos Railway passenger train bound for the Lao’s tourist destination Luang Prabang awaits departure from Lao capital Vientiane on November 28, 2023. Photo: Wang Qi/GT
The China-Laos Railway has significantly boosted tourism along the route, helping consumption momentum and promoting cultural exchanges and economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
The comment came after the opening of an additional pair of international tourism trains linking Xishuangbanna city in Southwest China’s Yunnan Province and Luang Prabang in Laos on Saturday, the first anniversary of the launch of the China-Laos Railway’s international passenger service.
The China-Laos Railway is a premium infrastructure project between China and Southeast Asian countries to promote high-quality construction and connection of China proposed Belt and Road Initiative, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said.
Lin said that the railway has become a…