The "Heavenly Realm" No Longer Far Away - Chinese Tourists Continuously Increase in Travel Enthusiasm to Arab Countries
2024-05-28
In recent years, Arab tourist destinations have received more attention and favor from Chinese tourists, such as touching the traces left by time in the old city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, experiencing the wonders of nature at the "Cliff of the World" in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and being situated in the "Martian landscape" in the Wadiram Desert of Jordan. The collection of Arab folktales "One Thousand and One Nights" is also translated as "The Arabian Nights", in which "Tianfang" refers to the ancient Arab region. As the popularity of Chinese tourists traveling abroad to Afghanistan continues to rise, the once mysterious Arab country is gradually becoming less distant. On May 6th, Air China's first direct flight from Beijing to Riyadh arrived at King Khalid Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In mid April, the first regular direct passenger route from mainland China to Saudi Arabia was officially opened. Mr. Wang from Fujian took advantage of the May Day holiday to visit Saudi Arabia. He said, "I have always wanted to see the desert oasis in El Ola and experience exotic culture. The opening of direct flights makes me no longer hesitate." Since the beginning of this year, the number of Chinese tourists visiting Arab countries has significantly increased. Egyptian tour guide Ahmed, who has been engaged in the tourism industry for nearly a decade, said, "In the past, he occasionally received several tour groups from China every year. Since then, there have been Chinese tourist groups almost every month, especially during winter and Spring Festival holidays." According to Fang Zexi, an industry analyst at Ctrip Research Institute, cultural attractions and tourist vacation routes in Arab countries such as Egypt and the United Arab Emirates are highly favored by Chinese tourists, and cities such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Cairo, and Riyadh have become popular destinations for outbound tourism to the Arab world. On January 24th, vendors rode camels and left the Giza Pyramid Scenic Area in Egypt. Xinhua News Agency reporter Sui Xiankai captured the deepening and strengthening of China Arab relations, and the fruitful exchanges and cooperation in the tourism field between the two sides. Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Tunisia have implemented visa free entry policies for Chinese citizens in recent years; In the Action Plan for the China Arab States Cooperation Forum from 2020 to 2022 adopted at the 9th Ministerial Meeting of the China Arab Cooperation Forum, both China and Arab countries jointly emphasized their willingness to continue expanding tourism cooperation; The "Eight Common Actions" for pragmatic cooperation between China and Arab countries proposed at the first China Arab Summit in 2022 will promote cooperation among 500 Chinese Arab cultural and tourism enterprises, and cultivate 1000 cultural and tourism talents for Arab countries. Recently, Arab countries such as Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan have held tourism roadshows in many parts of China. "It's great to see Chinese tourists interested in our beautiful scenery and delicious food after arriving in Tunisia," said Hermi Hassin, the director of the Tunisian National Tourism Administration who participated in tourism promotion activities in China. Tunisia hopes to become an important tourist destination for China's outbound tourism. To attract more tourists, it will accelerate the opening of direct flights to China by Tunisian Airlines and cultivate more local tour guides who are proficient in Chinese and familiar with Chinese culture, making Chinese tourists feel at home. On January 20, 2023, tourists visited the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ji Ze maintains good cooperation between China and Arab countries in the cultivation of tourism talents. The relevant person in charge of the Central Cultural and Tourism Management Cadre College introduced that the college attaches great importance to conducting foreign-related training for Arab countries. In the past five years, the college has held multiple training courses on the integration and development of culture and tourism, and has trained nearly 200 tourism practitioners from Arab countries. The China Arab Culture and Tourism Cooperation Research Center was established in 2023, dedicated to promoting further institutionalization and normalization of exchanges and cooperation in the fields of culture and tourism between China and Arab countries. Director Hou Yuxiang of the center stated that in the long run, China and Arab countries will enhance mutual understanding and trust through tourism, promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning, and build a community with a shared future for the new era. (Lai Xin She)
Edit：Yi Jing Responsible editor：Li Nian
Source：XinhuaNet
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