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On June 20th, the Yangtze River Delta Tourism Aid and Poverty Alleviation Conference in South Xinjiang was held in Aksu, co-sponsored by Xinjiang Aksu Administrative Office, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and Zhejiang Aid Headquarters, and co-sponsored by Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Department of Culture and Tourism, the administrative offices (governments) of four southern Xinjiang prefectures and the aid headquarters of one city in the Yangtze River Delta. Relevant responsible persons from the cultural and tourism departments of Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, as well as relevant tourism enterprises, travel agencies, tourism associations and news media representatives, gathered in Aksu to discuss and help the development of tourism in southern Xinjiang.
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All along, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui have supported Kashgar, Aksu, Kezhou and Hotan in southern Xinjiang, respectively, and helping southern Xinjiang to get rid of poverty accurately is the lofty mission entrusted by the central government to the three provinces and one city in the Yangtze River Delta. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Zhejiang’s counterpart support to Xinjiang Aksu region and Alar City, the first division of Xinjiang Corps, three provinces and one city in the Yangtze River Delta jointly set up a tourism aid alliance, and reached a cooperation consensus, which will jointly promote regional tourism aid cooperation measures and efficiently integrate tourist sources and capital resources in the Yangtze River Delta; Guided by “marketization and normalization”, we will promote the industrial transformation and upgrading of the recipient areas and the standardized construction of tourism public service facilities through tourism development, which will help southern Xinjiang take solid steps to get rid of poverty.
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At the meeting, a twinning ceremony for key tourism enterprises to get rid of poverty was also held, and a number of agreements were signed, such as tourism investment promotion, travel agency seeing off guests to Xinjiang, etc. A total of 6 tourism investment projects were signed, with an agreed fund of 1.911 billion yuan, and the number of people who saw off guests to Arab team travel agreements exceeded 40,000.
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It is understood that the four states in southern Xinjiang are still a depression and a blue ocean for tourism investment. With the further convenience of civil aviation, railway and highway transportation in southern Xinjiang, and the further expansion of the influence of the tourism brand of Rally around the Tower, the attraction of southern Xinjiang to tourists is rapidly increasing. In the past two years, with the strong support of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and Zhejiang tourism enterprises, Zhejiang Aid Xinjiang Command has actively promoted seeing off tourists to Xinjiang, promoted Aksu tourism brand, promoted the continuous improvement of Aksu tourism infrastructure, and achieved gratifying results in attracting investment in tourism. With the opening of the first aid Xinjiang tourism special train “Poetry and Painting Zhejiang-Aksu” in July 2017 and the launch of the first aid Xinjiang tourism charter in 2018, with the joint efforts of many parties, In 2018 alone, the number of Zhejiang tourists visiting Xinjiang reached 1,869,800, and in 2019, Zhejiang planned to train more than 1,000 tourism professionals in Aksu.
Chen Jianzhong, deputy Commissioner of Aksu Administrative Office and deputy commander of Zhejiang Aid Xinjiang Command, said that this meeting is a rare opportunity to integrate and develop tourism resources, share experiences and strengthen tourism cooperation inside and outside Xinjiang. It is an important measure to realize the efficient integration and innovative development of tourism resources in the Yangtze River Delta. At the same time, the meeting enabled the tourism resources of Aksu region to be displayed to the outside world in a concentrated way, which played a positive role in promoting the development of tourism in southern Xinjiang and enhancing the influence of tourism brands in southern Xinjiang. It also laid a foundation for building an international tourism destination of silk road culture and ethnic customs in southern Xinjiang as soon as possible.