Call to Action: Building Node Cities on the Belt and Road Tourism City Corridor

The Belt and Road Tourism Corridor carries the vision of promoting the Silk Road spirit of “peace, cooperation, openness, inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit” in keeping with the global trend, realizing benefit sharing, infrastructure connectivity and joint building of tourism culture through open “connectivity”, and building the Belt and Road Tourism Corridor into a diversified and convenient world-class tourism corridor.

Release time : 2017-12-05 10:09:21

source : WTCF

, cooperation and training platforms and services for promoting tourism destinations and industries. WTCF is committed to promoting broad-based cooperation between member cities along the Belt and Road, between tourism industries, and between social media and tourism market, with the goal of promoting standardized, convenient and rules-based urban tourism, building the Belt and Road Tourism Corridor and supporting the tourism development of node cities, thus injecting new dynamism into world tourism cooperation.

The Belt and Road Tourism Corridor is an international tourism channel composed of tourism node cities, supported by tourism infrastructures, connected by tourism and cultural resources and guaranteed by sound tourism services. It carries the vision of promoting the Silk Road spirit of “peace, cooperation, openness, inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit” in keeping with the global trend, realizing benefit sharing, infrastructure connectivity and joint building of tourism culture through open “connectivity”, and building the Belt and Road Tourism Corridor into a diversified and convenient world-class tourism corridor. The Belt and Road node cities are not only major tourism destinations but also major tourist sources in the world, undertaking the important function of tourism hubs. To promote the building of Belt and Road node cities and the Belt and Road Tourism Corridor could help remove the trade and institutional barriers between tourism cities, and improve the convenience and quality of tourism, thus making an important contribution to sustainable tourism development in the world. The WTCF members are willing to leverage the strength and platform of the organization, connect with the Belt and Road initiative in the eight areas of tourism product development, infrastructure building, tourism standard making, tourism investment and financing, consulting services, tourism promotion and marketing, professional exchange