On January 6, under the theme of “travel around Guangxi at the beginning of the new year with joy”, Guangxi cultural tourism promotion conference was held in Bangkok, Thailand with the support of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Department of Culture and Tourism, Guangxi Tourism Development Group.
Gan Lin, Secretary of the Party Group of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said that Guangxi and Thailand have a traditional friendship and are important tourist sources and destinations for each other. The culture and tourism departments of Thailand and Guangxi have been maintaining continuous cooperative relations in the fields of cultural exchanges, mutual promotion of resources, and mutual transportation of tourist sources. Guangxi culture and tourism department attaches great importance to the Thai source market, and hope to continuously strengthen exchanges and cooperation between the two sides through this promotion.
By playing the culture and tourism promotional video of Guangxi, promoting the beauty of Guangxi, recommending high-quality tourism routes and performing theatrical performances,the promotion conference has shown the beautiful mountains and rivers and rich ethnic culture of Guangxi. Through this way, the audience knew more about the beauty of Guangxi’s history and culture, folk customs, majestic border crossing, scenic of mountains and rivers, marina dreams, longevity wellness and local food, also the two pragmatic tourism routes tip of “landscape cultural tour” and “border exploration tour”.
At the same time, the art troup of Guangxi Cultural Tourism Promotion Association brought the song Guangxi Yao, Hmong Dance Pendulum Swing, acrobatic performance Li Ge Qing, mash-up songs Folk Songs like Spring Water, Toasting Song of Zhuang Ethnic Group, Hot and Spicy, song and dance Welcome to Guangxi and other distinctive cultural and artistic programs, won a burst of warm applause from the audience. At the event, a popular program called “Guangxi Kemusan” danced by all the actors lighted the atmosphere of the activity. Guangxi Tourism Development Group conducted investment promotion and presented round-trip air ticket to the on-site audience through prize winning Q&A.
Ms. Vivi, who participated in the promotion conference, said “I realized how beautiful Guangxi is this time when I came to participate in the promotion conference. The natural scenery, culture, cuisine, and other aspects of Guangxi are both similar and different from Thailand. It is both familiar and curious. I look forward to experiencing Guangxi!
China and Thailand have a thousand-year history of friendly exchanges, and "China and Thailand are close friends" is deeply rooted in people's hearts. It is reported that China and Thailand will permanently waive visa requirements for each other’s citizens from March, 2024. This initiative will further facilitate the movement of people and exchanges between the two countries,bringing more opportunities for the development of tourism. Guangxi is the only province in China that has both land borders and marine channels with ASEAN countries, and the capital city Nanning, is currently one of the most convenient cities to Southeast Asian countries, and there are 20 direct flights between Nanning and Bangkok every week. In 2023, the number of tourists from Thailand to Guangxi reached nearly 300000.