Lanchang-Mekong Cities Sign Sanya Vision to TapTourism Resources

Hainan (Chinadaily) -- Tourism officialsfrom 16 cities along the Lancang-Mekong River signed the Sanya Vision topromote the shared development of tourism in the region.

As an achievement of the 2016 Sanya Forumof Lanchang-Mekong Tourist Cities Cooperation, which ends on Friday, thedocument highlights the importance of establishing a mutual communicationmechanism, official policy support and the building of an integrated tourismdevelopment pattern in the region, which boasts of rich natural, historical andcultural resources.

The vision also calls for the developmentof mutual exchanges within the tourism sectors of the region, training of muchneeded talent and professionals, cultivation of experience tourist products andmarketing networks that enable effective sharing of tourist resources from eachof the 6 countries along the Lancang-Mekong River.

The Mekong River, known as Lancang River inChina, rises in China's Danggula Mountains in Qinghai province. The river runsabout 2,160 kilometers in China, moving through five other countries, includingMyanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, before entering the South ChinaSea.

Running 4,880 kilometers in total length,it is the longest river in Southeast Asia. The Mekong countries cover 233million square kilometers and include a population of 230 million people.Natural tourist attractions and newcultural experiences have made countries along the river great destinations inrecent years.

More than 15 million Chinese touristsvisited destinations in the five Mekong River countries in 2015, according todata from the National Tourism Administration. China has become the largesttourist resource country for Thailand and Vietnam, while the latter is now thelargest Mekong tourist resource country for China.

The forum, a new step forward following thefirst Lancang-Mekong leaders' meeting on cooperative initiatives and measuresheld in Sanya in March, attracted more than 140 tourist officials,professionals and diplomats who agree the meeting was a great success indeepening mutual understanding and laying a sound foundation for futurecooperation.

Representatives from the 16 tourist cities,including Guilin, Guangzhou, Sanya, Vientiane, Bangkok, Phnom Penh and SiemReap, showed strong confidence at the forum in tapping the region's tourismpotential in the near future.

By Ma Zhiping

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