Source: Qinhuangdao Tourism Commission
The 2018 Qingdao Xiangshan Tourism Summit of the World Tourism Cities Federation, held in Qingdao, officially opened! The World Tourism Cities Federation's Xiangshan Tourism Summit is an important annual event of the Federation. It attracted international tourism organizations, tourism city government officials, and tourism-related agency executives from all over the world. It has been developed for five years and become a comprehensive platform for member cities and member institutions to exchange, strengthen cooperation and build consensus.
About 400 representatives from 59 countries, 112 tourist cities, more than 200 tourism-related enterprises and international organizations, including the United Nations World Tourism Organization, attended the summit. Qinhuangdao, as a member of the World Tourism Cities Federation, led by Vice Mayor Feng Zhiyong, attended the summit.
"World Tourism Cities" magazine had a written interview with Zhang Ruishu, the mayor of Qinhuangdao. Zhang Ruishu, deputy secretary of the CPC Qinhuangdao Municipal Committee and mayor of the Qinhuangdao Municipal People's Government, accepted the exclusive interview with the World Tourism Cities Federation's magazine "World Tourism Cities". The mayor expressed that by 2035, Qinhuangdao will be built into a first-class international tourism city.
Mayor Zhang Ruishu’s Interview photo and text on the “World Tourism Cities“ magazine
Qinhuangdao, as a member of the World Tourism Cities Federation, attended the summit and introduced Qinhuangdao tourism
Feng Zhiyong, Deputy Mayor of Qinhuangdao Municipal People's Government, Introduced Qinhuangdao
Feng Zhiyong, Deputy Mayor of Qinhuangdao Municipal People's Government, attended the summit. At the meeting, Deputy Mayor Feng Zhiyong introduced tourism promotion in Qinhuangdao. Deputy Mayor said that in recent years, the Qinhuangdao Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government have insisted on the tourism industry as an important supporting industry, and will develop the global tourism as an upgraded version of Qinhuangdao tourism, and strive to cultivate the six major tourism modes, i.e. seaside resort, sea entertainment, health and wellness, mountain ecology, cultural experience and leisure with wine, to promote the city's tourism industry to industrialization, marketization, modernization and international development. Qinhuangdao has won the honorary titles of “China's Excellent Tourism City”, “China's Best Leisure City” and “China's Top Ten Marine Tourism Destinations”.
The Xiangshan Tourism Summit is an important event of the World Tourism Cities Federation. Participating in this summit will help promote exchanges and cooperation between Qinhuangdao and other members, learn advanced experience, advertize Qinhuangdao tourism products and resources, strengthen international tourism exchanges and cooperation and boost the construction of a first-class international tourism city.