Xi Jinping: Accelerate the construction of a strong tourism country to better display China’s image
Chinese President Xi Jinping has given instructions on China's tourism work, requiring the improvement of the modern tourism system, accelerating the construction of a strong tourism country, and allowing the tourism industry to better promote economic development and showcase China's image.
China CCTV News reported on May 17, 2024 that Xi Jinping recently gave instructions on tourism work and said that China’s tourism industry has increasingly become an emerging strategic pillar industry and a people’s livelihood industry and happiness industry with significant characteristics of the times. However, tourism development faces new opportunities and new challenges. .
Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to fully, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, adhere to integrity and innovation, improve quality and efficiency, and integrate development, coordinate the government and the market, supply and demand, protection and development, domestic and international, development and security, and strive to improve modern tourism System, accelerate the construction of a powerful tourism country, so that the tourism industry can better serve a better life, promote economic development, build a spiritual home, display the image of China, and enhance mutual learning among civilizations.
Data released by the National Immigration Administration of China on April 18 showed that the number of foreigners coming to China in the first quarter of this year more than tripled compared with the same period in 2023. In the first quarter, the national immigration management agency inspected more than 141 million people entering and exiting the country, including The number of foreign personnel reached 13.074 million, a year-on-year increase of 305.2%.
Data from the Immigration Administration also shows that foreigners come to China most for tourism, accounting for more than 30%.