Zhangjiajie Vice Mayor Ouyang Bin (first from the right) and Chen Chengzhong (second from the left), director of the Kaohsiung Office of the Cross-Strait Tourism Exchange Association, Deputy Director of the Kaohsiung City Government Tourism Bureau Ye Xinya (third from the left), and director of the Kaohsiung Travel Agents Association Chang Wu Yingliang (first from left) took a group photo at the tourism promotion meeting. Photo by Wang Jianjun
China News Service, Kaohsiung, May 18th. Zhangjiajie, a well-known tourist city and world natural heritage site in Hunan, held a tourism business promotion conference in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on the 18th. This is an important measure for Zhangjiajie to take advantage of the 2017 Kaohsiung Tourism Exhibition to expand tourism economic and trade exchanges and cooperation with Taiwan.
This time the Zhangjiajie Municipal Government delegation went to Taiwan to promote tourism business, aiming to further expand exchanges and cooperation between Zhangjiajie and Taiwan. The person in charge of the Zhangjiajie City Tourism and Business Department met with Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan, Tianmen Mountain , Grand Canyon , and Genting Club Persons in charge of other scenic spots attended the promotion meeting.
It is understood that tourism and business exchanges and cooperation between Zhangjiajie and Taiwan have become increasingly in-depth in recent years. In 2011, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park signed a friendship park agreement with Kenting Park in Taiwan; in 2011 and 2013, Zhangjiajie successively set up "Zhangjiajie Tourism Image Store" in Taipei and Kaohsiung; in 2013, Zhangjiajie established direct flights with Taipei, and Zhangjiajie reached Kaohsiung, Taichung have successively opened charter flights. A lottery for free travel tickets was held at the
promotion meeting. Photo by Wang Jianjun
Statistics show that nearly 100,000 Taiwanese tourists visit Zhangjiajie every year, and Taiwan has become Zhangjiajie’s second largest source of inbound tourists (South Korea ranks first). In addition, more than 20 Taiwanese companies, including Huangshizhai Cableway and New Dongyang Group, have invested and started business in Zhangjiajie. Exchanges and cooperation between the two places in tourism, economy, trade and culture have become increasingly close.
Ye Xinya, deputy director of the Kaohsiung City Tourism Bureau, believes that Zhangjiajie is a popular place for people from Kaohsiung, Taiwan to travel to the mainland. Especially in recent years, new tourism products such as the world's tallest and longest Grand Canyon Glass Bridge, the world's largest tourism and cultural bar Genting Club, have been continuously launched, making Zhangjiajie tourism even more attractive.
Wu Yingliang, chairman of the Kaohsiung Travel Business Association, said that although Zhangjiajie and Kaohsiung have opened charter flights, they are far from meeting the people's demand for traveling to Zhangjiajie. There is huge room for improvement in tourism cooperation between the two places, and he looks forward to air transportation, travel discounts to Taiwan, etc. There are new measures in place.
Ouyang Bin, deputy mayor of the Zhangjiajie Municipal Government, said when communicating with representatives of Taiwanese travel agents, investors, and airlines that the Zhangjiajie Municipal Government delegation went to Taiwan on the one hand to promote tourism business, and on the other hand to conduct on-the-spot research on Taiwan’s tourism. business market. In response to existing problems in tourism business cooperation between Zhangjiajie and Taiwan, the Zhangjiajie Municipal Government will promptly optimize corresponding policies and measures and expand cooperation and exchanges. (End)
