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Known for its Giant Pandas and world famous spicy cuisine, Sichuan, and its tourism administration aimed through this conference to spread better awareness about the province amongst Indian travellers with its tagline as ‘Sichuan – More than Pandas’.
At the conference, Sichuan Tourism Administration highlighted the province to be home to not only the giant pandas but also to diverse art and culture, breathtaking natural beauty, unique culinary, ancient history and vast resources which make it the tourism cynosure of China.
Speaking on the occasion, Wang Ning, remarked, “In 2015, Sichuan gained total revenue of 62.10 billion Yuan from tourism, an increase of 27%. Now we are making efforts to build Sichuan as an economically powerful province and a world tourist base. Both India and Sichuan are a fascinating tourism destination. Just like India, Sichuan has rich ancient heritage, cultural diversity and centuries old civilization which we take immense pride in. I am hopeful that the Conference will help Indian people better understand Sichuan and create a positive atmosphere for the tourism in Sichuan from India. We are expecting a 20 percent growth in the number of Indian visitors to Sichuan in 2016.”
At the conference, Sichuan Tourism Administration also unveiled the trial measures and the incentive programmes planned to be soon launched by Sichuan Tourism Administration for India including an incentive programme for Chartered Flight, an incentive programme for selling Sichuan Tourism related products and incentive programme for organising tourism amongst others.
Ming Song, Deputy Director General, Sichuan Tourism Administration who was also present at the conference said, “With its picturesque scenery, rich wildlife, unique religious beliefs, rustic folk customs and magnificent history, Sichuan is a magical land for traveller who feels after coming to Sichuan that living in utopia is no longer a distant dream.” He further added that “This Conference is an important launching pad for us to boost tourism from India to Sichuan and is a precursor of an action plan that includes a number of incentives and trial measures for travellers as well as tour operators from India.”
The conference concluded with the signing of an agreement between three major Indian outbound tour operators and Chengdu Anyi International Travel Service Co. Ltd, China.
Source: travelnewsdigest.in