On May 19th, activities of 2021 “China Tourism Day” is hold in the main venue in Wuhan City of Hubei Province. This year, the theme is “promoting green development to creat a better life”. Branch venues are set up in other places in China to hold multiple activities jointly. Governments establish more than 6000 measures of 5 classifications to benefit people. Wang Zhonglin, acting governor of Hubei Province and deputy secretary of party committee of Hubei Province, and Du Jiang, vice minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the ministry’s leading party group member deliver speeches. Also attend the activity are Xu Zhengzhong, a member of standing committee of the Hubei Province Party Committee and the minister of propaganda department, Zhang Wenbin, the vice governor of Hubei Province, Cheng Yongwen, the mayor of Wuhan City, and representatives of the Cultural Exchange Organization of Presenting China to the World.
Wang Zhonglin says having controlled the pandemic, Hubei Province is striving to build itself as a world tourism destination. The government aims to offer first-class market environment by three activities, namely, to improve the popularity of scenic sites; to introduce tourists to Hubei Province by thousands of travel agencies and to supervise star grade hotels to provide “double excellency” services, all of which push tourism to realize leap-forward development with high quality. In terms of government affairs services, the province aims to accomplish their goal with high-efficiency; to complement 30 items to optimize business environment; to provide services with one website; to enable every service window to provide all sorts of services; to finish tasks with joint forces; to offer first class travel experience; to perfect “one-stop” traffic infrastructure; to develop characteristic travel routes; to design popular sight-seeing projects and to explore cultural connotation so as to create better tourism brands.
Du Jiang says that tourism relates to many fields. It’s a strong driving force and has high opening degree. The government needs to accelerate the overall recovery and high-quality development of tourism. There are new opportunities in the crisis, so a new situation can be found in a changing situation. Tourism can be the lead, benefiting many other industries. More specifically, the government of Hubei Province needs to stick to green development and grasp the essence of high-quality tourism; to complement policies that can benefit people, so the result of tourism development can be shared; to advocate civilized traveling to form a new fashion adapt to the demand of a new era and to be sure that the pandemic is controlled and safety is the bottom line, so tourism can enjoy a full recovery. People’s tourism demands are various, individualized and of multi-level, so travel is a way to live, to learn and to grow. Tourists can feel the beauty of nature and culture, both of which can lead to the beauty of heart, so they can enjoy good lives.
In main venue, on-site sharing of the activity “we are taking action on the China’s Tourism Day” is conducted by departments of culture and tourism of Zhejiang Province, Shanxi Province, Qinghai Province and Hubei Province. Declaration of Confidence in Tourism reveals the symbol of civilized tourism and is jointly established by China Tourism Association, China Association of Travel Services, China Tourist Attractions Association, China Tourist Hotel Association and China Tourism Automobile and Cruise Association. Government officials and guests hand out “China Tourism Day Lucky Bags” to advocate safe and civilized tourism.
Participators in the main venue are from relating departments of the ministry of culture and tourism, China Tourism Industry Association, departments of culture and tourism of some cities and provinces, representatives of relating departments from Hubei Province and Wuhan City as well as tourism representatives and tourists.