STORY: SCO member states optimistic about China's tourism potential
SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 24, 2023
DATELINE: Nov. 26, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:08
LOCATION: URUMQI, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the opening ceremony of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Forum "Year of Tourism 2023"
2. STANDUP (English): ZHANG YU, Xinhua correspondent
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SARVAR ALISHEROVICH MUSAEV, Chairman of the Uzbek-Chinese Tourism Association
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): YERZHAN MALIKOVICH ERKINBAEV, Kazakhstan's deputy minister of tourism and sports

STORYLINE:

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Forum "Year of Tourism 2023" concluded Sunday in Urumqi, the capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

The three-day forum brought together heads of tourism administrations, representatives of international organizations and tourism businesses, and experts in the field of tourism from SCO member states and other countries.

STANDUP (English): ZHANG YU, Xinhua correspondent
"It's time for the coffee break, let's have a chat with the forum guests."

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SARVAR ALISHEROVICH MUSAEV, Chairman of the Uzbek-Chinese Tourism Association
"We have organized trips for about 1,000 people in our country to travel to China since 2023. We mainly do business trips now, but I believe that there are many places in China that have great tourism potential. We have seen many beautiful places in China. I think both countries (China and Uzbekistan) have great tourism potentials."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): YERZHAN MALIKOVICH ERKINBAEV, Kazakhstan's deputy minister of tourism and sports
"It seems that every proposal that was announced here has a deep meaning for the future development of tourism. The main targets are to be very eco-friendly and to keep sustainable development of tourism. And within the frame of the union (SCO), of course, we can do much more than we are doing now."

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