STORY: Foreign travel agents keen on tourism cooperation with China
DATELINE: Sept. 4, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:59
LOCATION: LANGFANG, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the tourism promotion event
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WOUTER SMITS, Dutch travel agent representative
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIK WONG, Singaporean travel agent representative

STORYLINE:

A tourism promotion event was held recently in Langfang City, north China's Hebei Province, to promote exchanges and cooperation between China and other countries in the tourism sector.

Over 100 travel agents from Russia, France, the Netherlands, Singapore and other countries were invited to tour major tourist attractions in Langfang. 

Due to abundant tourism resources in Hebei, many foreign tourism practitioners have shown interest in cooperation with local Chinese peers.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WOUTER SMITS, Dutch travel agent representative
"It's really important that we have the exchange of tourism. That means Chinese people should come to Europe, but we also should bring the European tourists as well to China to discover the world heritage, to see Chinese culture, besides the big attractions as the Great Wall and the Forbidden City."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIK WONG, Singaporean travel agent representative
"I think (the drama theme park) is very special, it is unique in the world. I hope there will be more Singaporean tourists to come here to learn more about the literary culture here."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Langfang, China.
(XHTV)