The China Egypt Tourism Matchmaking Conference was recently held in the Egyptian capital Cairo. Chinese Minister of Culture and Tourism Hu Heping, Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Cultural Relics Isa, Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Lijiang, and Chinese Egyptian tourism industry representatives attended the docking meeting. Hu Heping stated in his speech that both China and Egypt are world-renowned tourist destinations and important source countries for tourists. Both sides have great potential for cooperation and broad development space. In the current trend of accelerating the recovery and recovery of the global tourism industry, China and Egypt should improve communication and cooperation mechanisms in the tourism field, adhere to innovative and sustainable concepts, vigorously develop tourism, promote economic development, and fully play the important role of tourism, especially rural tourism, in eliminating absolute poverty. Isa stated that both Egypt and China are ancient civilizations, and the people of the two countries have great respect for each other's ancient civilizations and cultural heritage. The Egyptian side hopes that more Chinese tourists will visit Egypt and is willing to bring unique tourism experiences to Chinese tourists. Egypt is willing to learn from China's important experience in promoting tourism to reduce poverty, and to promote the tourism industry to make greater contributions to economic development. In recent years, the joint archaeological achievements between Egypt and China have been remarkable, and we look forward to in-depth cooperation between the two sides in this field. Liao Liqiang pointed out that China and Egypt have a long history and splendid civilization, which is the foundation of strengthening cultural exchange and tourism cooperation between China and Egypt. Both China and Egypt are confident in the prospects of tourism cooperation between the two countries and believe that the cooperation will achieve fruitful results. Tourists from China and Egypt who participated in the docking meeting expressed their hope for better development in the tourism industry of both countries. (New News Agency)