India-China Tourism Exchange Seminar

India organizes tourism promotion campaign

Question: Recently, India-China Tourism Exchanges Seminar was organized in which of the following cities?
(a) Tianjin
(b) Sanya
(c) Chengdu
(d) Xian
Answer: (b) 
Related Facts:

  • On October 26th, 2017, the India-China Tourism Exchange Seminar was held at the Yalong Bay Conference Center at city Sanya, China.
  • It was organized by the Indian Consulate in GuangZhou.
  • The seminar was organized in Sanya with a 3-day Global Yoga Exchange Conference.
  • The seminar was attended by senior officials from Sanya Municipal Government comprising of Foreign Affairs office, Tourism Development Commission, Department of Culture, representatives of media organisations, business houses, academia and around 150 travelagents from all over China, representatives from airlines.
  • In the year 2016, about 135 million Chinese passengers traveled abroad.
  • On March 28th, 2017, a proposal by the Sanya Government for establishing a friendly relationship with Bangalore was approved at The Third Meeting of the Seventh NPC Standing Committee of Sanya City.
  • It is noteworthy that China is currently the world’s top tourist source market.
  • In August 2017, a new Sanya-Guangzhou-Delhi air route was opened.
  • During the India-China Tourism Exchanges seminar, delegates of both the parties presented presentations on their respective tourism resources.

Reference:                            
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/india-organises-tourism-promotion-campaign-in-chinas-sanya-117102601374_1.html
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-organises-tourism-promotion-campaign-in-chinas-sanya/1/1076293.html