Chinese and Amercian students perform at the opening ceremony of the 14th China-U.S. Tourism Leadership Summit in Xi’an, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, May 22, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
High expectations ignited calls at a China-U.S. high-level tourism summit on Wednesday for concrete actions to remove tourism barriers between the two countries.
The 14th China-U.S. Tourism Leadership Summit drew nearly 400 representatives of the governments, institutions, and tourism-related enterprises of the world’s top two economies to the ancient Chinese city of Xi’an.
Chinese State Councilor Shen Yiqin read a message from Chinese President Xi Jinping at the opening ceremony. She said President Xi’s message fully demonstrates the great importance attached to the China-U.S. relations and ardent expectations for deepening China-U.S. tourism cooperation.
Strong pent-up demand
History has proven that China-U.S. cooperation potential in the tourism industry is huge.
Annual bilateral tourist flow reached a…