President Xi Jinping on Wednesday proposed a tourism plan to promote Asian cultures and offered China’s support in implementing it, saying millions of Chinese tourists visiting abroad and vice versa are an “important force” to promote cultural exchange.
Xi made the comments at the opening session of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations being held here.
The event is attended by Chargé D’Affaires of the Indian Embassy Acquino Vimal, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, Singaporean President Halimah Yacob and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. .
In his address, Xi said China is willing to implement an Asia tourism promotion plan with other countries to promote Asian cultures.