cities, world tourism organizations, and tourism institutions. During the early phases of the preparation, Qingdao attached great importance to the summit, and formed an organizing committee with the municipal government leaders and people from relevant departments of the government. The organizing committee has been working closely with the WTCF Secretariat in many aspects including summit campaign and guests inviting. Also, Qingdao is making preparations for the urban environment and public services on the basis of the SCO Qingdao summit. For now, all preparation work for the summit is going well.
Luan Xin, Qingdao Organizing Committee Director of WTCF Qingdao Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit and Vice-Mayor of Qingdao Municipal People's Government gives a speech
At the press conference, Luan Xin, Qingdao Organizing Committee Director of WTCF Qingdao Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit and Vice-Mayor of Qingdao Municipal People's Government, said in her speech that the WTCF Qingdao Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit 2018 will be another great international conference for Qingdao to hold, after the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Qingdao Summit 2018. The holding of the WTCF Qingdao Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit will be an important way to implement the instructions and requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping, amplify the SCO Summit’s effect, and improve the international influence of Qingdao.
As a renowned tourism city, Qingdao has beautiful scenery and pleasant weather, which endowed it with plenty of tourism resources. Qingdao has won the first batch of outstanding tourism cities in China including “One of the World’s Most Beautiful Bays”, “One of China’s Best Leisure Cities”, “One of Top Ten Tourism Destinations in China”, etc. It is known as the “The City of World Architecture”, “Island of Music”, “The City of Sailing”, “the City of the World