女士们、先生们,
旅游正在改变世界,也在改变中国和欧洲。我们注意到旅游领域中不断增加的跨国投资和商业存在,加上游客的消费,必然带来旅游与经济社会之间多元而广泛的互动,并对就业、环境、大国关系乃至文明演化带来深刻的影响。展望未来,我们坚信中欧旅游持续向好的基本面不会改变;人民对美好旅游生活的向往不会改变;旅游业对于效率和品质的承诺不会改变。
不忘初心,牢记使命。让我们相向而行,为了一个“善意、包容、便利、品质”的中欧旅游新时代而共同努力!
作者:戴斌
来源:中国旅游研究院
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Sustainable Development of EU-China Tourism: Rationality and Logic
(January 18th, 2018 Venice Italy)
President of China Tourism Academy Dai Bin
Distinguished chairman Antonio Tajani of European Parliament:
As we start the 2018 EU-China Tourism Year, my mind wanders back to eight years ago when we first met in China. The moment when I was just taking office as president of China Tourism Academy that I received your congratulatory letter. Also you wrote down during your visit that “China and Europe not only share long historical origin, but also represent the future. The friendship and peace between Chinese and European citizens is of vital importance.” You witnessed the signature of research protocol on sustainable tourism and tourism advantages between us and president Cristina Scaletti of NECSTouR. Both sides acknowledged the important role played by tourism in driving EU-China relation sustainability, and agreed to synergize on problems confronting Chinese and EU tourism by sharing experiences. I would also like to thank you for inviting me to attend the European parliament and deliver keynote speech on the sustainability of EU-China tourism last year. In fact, Europe is offering more goodwill to Chinese tourists, showing understanding and tolerance on non-principled realistic issues and sustaining prosperous development of EU-China tourism patiently with increasingly effective political wisdom and professional actions.
Broad consensus in tourism development concepts and the stable bilateral relationship set the context for the best era of EU-China tourism cooperation.
China as the largest outbound tourism source country for years, makes up over 10% of the global tourism growth. In 2017, Chinese citizens visiting Europe for the first destination exceeded 6 million person. Counting Chinese tourists arriving from other regions, and considering the fact that one would visit many countries in a tour, the total Chinese tourist volume to Europe is estimated to be over 12 million person-times. Italy, Germany, France, UK, Spain, Austria, Greece, Belgium, Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, especially Swiss and Denmark which hosted tourism year with China last year, almost all European countries enjoy great reputation among Chinese tourists, and are becoming higher on Chinese people’s outbound destination list.