The 36th Hong Kong International Tourism Exhibition opened at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on the 18th. The exhibition lasted for 4 days and attracted more than 100 exhibitors from 27 countries and regions. The theme of this year's Hong Kong International Tourism Exhibition is "reconnection and recovery". Through theme exhibitions, tourism lectures, folk performances and other forms, it provides a platform for service providers, agents and tourists to exchange and promote the recovery of the tourism industry. It is understood that the Hong Kong International Tourism Exhibition is held every year. The number of countries and regions participating in this exhibition has increased by about 50% compared with last year. Overseas exhibitors responded warmly, and their exhibition area accounted for more than half of the total exhibition area. Li Jiachao, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, made a speech for the tourism exhibition. Li Jiachao said that the holding of the tourism exhibition proves that Hong Kong is still a world-class leisure and tourism destination and a hot spot for conferences and exhibitions. Yang runxiong, director of the culture, sports and Tourism Bureau of the HKSAR government, said at the opening ceremony that the HKSAR government would spare no effort to make preparations for the recovery of Hong Kong's tourism industry, encourage the industry to develop more tourism products with artistic and cultural elements, and provide tourists with new eco-tourism experiences. "We firmly believe that culture and art, creative industries, sports and tourism can complement each other." Yang runxiong said that Hong Kong will give play to the synergistic effect of policies and accelerate the development in these fields. (news agency)