Soon after, on February 29th, China and the United States will usher in a great event in the diplomatic field of the two countries-the 2016 “China-US Tourism Year” kicked off. Tourism has made a magnificent appearance on the stage of Sino-US diplomacy. The spotlight of the world focuses on the “China-US Tourism Year”, which bridges the gap, increases trust and dispels doubts, and accelerates development.
China and the United States, two big countries across the Pacific Ocean, have started the history of communication as early as more than 200 years ago. In 1784, the American merchant ship “empress of china” sailed to China. In 1847, the first batch of China students studying in the United States went to the United States to study. When the calendar turns to 2016, the United States, as the world’s largest economy, and China, as the world’s second largest economy, have accounted for one third of the world’s total economic output, one quarter of the world’s population and one fifth of the world’s total trade volume. Building a “new-type relationship between major powers” has become the key word of the two countries at present. The leaders of the two countries have reached a consensus: from a strategic and long-term perspective, with the spirit of little drops of water make an ocean, the relationship between China and the United States will be continuously promoted. The two sides should constantly expand pragmatic cooperation and create cooperation highlights.
Tourism has undoubtedly become a “new bright spot” for Sino-US cooperation.
The turn of the country lies in the blind date between the people. People’s hearts and public opinions are a solid foundation for state exchanges, and people’s relatives can make politics hot. Only when Chinese and American citizens move around and have more contacts can they understand mutual trust and build a bridge of friendship and cooperation. In this process, tourism communication is the best platform. Tourism has become one of the most active and dazzling fields in the exchanges between the two countries. Sino-US tourism exchanges have formed a wide-ranging, multi-level and high-level pattern, and the frequency of personnel exchanges and the depth of exchanges are unprecedented. Tourism exchanges and cooperation between the two countries have entered a new era, with nearly 10,000 people exchanging visits between the two countries every day, and the number of two-way exchanges in the past five years has exceeded 17 million. China has become the largest tourist destination of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region, and the United States ranks third in China.
During the “China-US Tourism Year”, the two countries will hold a series of activities to promote their respective tourist destinations to the Chinese and American people, increase tourists’ pleasant experience and tourism participation, and the tourism exchange will reach an unprecedented level. Through the top-level design, the scale of Sino-US tourism exchange will be achieved. The “China-US Tourism Year” will not only benefit the people of China and the United States, but also strengthen the humanities and economic and trade exchanges between China and the United States, inject new connotation and impetus into Sino-US relations, and more importantly, it will light up the new-type relationship between China and the United States.
Tourism has become an important platform for giving voice to China, telling the story of China and strengthening contact with the world. Tourism cooperation is the field where China and the United States have the most consensus, the least contradiction, the lowest investment and the best effect. All walks of life in China and the United States are generally optimistic about the development of tourism cooperation between the two countries. The continuous expansion of tourism scale between the two countries has not only laid a public opinion foundation for the friendly development between China and the United States, but also promoted the two countries..Economic cooperation has injected stronger impetus. Tourism is the most active and potential field of cultural exchanges between China and the United States, and it is becoming an important content and bridge window for building a new-type relationship between China and the United States.
Sino-US relations are one of the most important bilateral relations in the world, and are closely watched by the world. It is a great event for China and the United States to hold the China-US Tourism Year, form the most prosperous two-way tourism market in the world, and build a new type of relationship between major powers by means of tourism that both Chinese and American people like, and it is also a blessing for the world.