Deputy Director Cecilia Tse gives an remark during destination presentation
Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) is engaged in an occasion in Qinghai named the “Beautiful China – The Magnificent Qinghai along the Silk Road and the Event for Exchange and Cooperation in Tourism between Qinghai, Hong Kong and Macau”. During the event, MGTO signed a “Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation in Tourism” with the Tourism Administration of Qinghai Province today (21 August) to foster mutual exchanges and cooperation in tourism. Under the guidance of China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), the “Beautiful China –The Magnificent Qinghai along the Silk Road and the Event for Exchange and Cooperation in Tourism between Qinghai, Hong Kong and Macau” is jointly organized by Tourism Administration of Qinghai Province, Tourism Commission of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macau Government Tourist Office together in Xining, Qinghai from 20 – 24 August. MGTO Deputy Director Cecilia Tse led a delegation of MGTO and members of Macau travel trade to participate in the above event. The “Beautiful China – The Magnificent Qinghai along the Silk Road and the Event for Exchange and Cooperation in Tourism between Qinghai, Hong Kong and Macau” features travel mart, destination presentation, signing ceremony, evening banquet, familiarization visits and so on. The delegations from Hong Kong and Macau were received by CNTA Vice Chairman, Du Jiang as well as Governor of Qinghai Province, Hao Peng and Deputy Governor of Qinghai Province, Han Jianhua. On 21 August, the destination presentation took place with the signing ceremony, when the “Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation in Tourism” was signed by the Director of Tourism Administration of Qinghai Province, Xu Hao and MGTO Deputy Director Cecilia Tse to enhance cooperation and communication between the two tourism authorities, and more than that, to foster tourism developments on both destinations. CNTA Vice Chairman, Du Jiang; Deputy Governor of Qinghai Province, Han Jianhua and Head of the Department of Tourism Affairs for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan of CNTA, Liu Kezhi witnessed the ceremony together with other guests. During the destination presentation, MGTO elaborated Macau’s tourism development and promoted the latest tourism facilities and products while publicizing Macau’s positioning as a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure. Tourism Administration of Qinghai Province and Hong Kong Tourism Board each gave an informative presentation about their destination and tourism resources as well. In her speech during the destination presentation, Deputy Director Cecilia Tse remarked that the delegation was given this valuable opportunity to visit the tourism products and cultural attractions of the reputed “Magnificent Qinghai”; the visit has familiarized the Macau delegation with the precious tourism and cultural assets Qinghai offers, which helps the two destinations to develop tourism business with each other. By signing the “Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation in Tourism” with Tourism Administration of Qinghai Province, it serves the purpose of promoting mutual tourism development of both destinations through business networking and cooperation in destination marketing. Tse hopes that Macau and Qinghai will see a greater development potential in the tourism field by leveraging new opportunities arising from the “Belt and Road Initiative”. The MGTO delegation and travel trade will visit various tourist attractions and cultural facilities in Qinghai on 22 and 23 August including Qinghai Lake, Qinghai Tibetan Medicine and Culture Museum, Ta’er Lamasery, Danxia Scenic Area in Ashigong National Geological Park, Chinese Wheel of Good Fortune (Mani prayer wheel) and so forth. Through participation in the event, MGTO seeks to deepen cooperation in tourism between Macau and Qinghai. The Office also strives to create opportunities for travel industry partners from Macau and Qinghai to connect and share their latest industry news and tourism products with each other so that they can build stronger connections and new partnerships. The famous Silk Road is a major network of overland trade routes spanning Asian and European continents in ancient times. The Country proposed an important initiative about building the new Silk Road Economic Belt to boost regional tourism developments along the Silk Road. CNTA led a Mainland tourism delegation to Macau this April to organize an array of promotional activities under the “Beautiful China, 2015 — Year of Silk Road Tourism Presentation”. Mainland provinces including Gansu, Qinghai and Guizhou, along with Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region presented their latest designed theme tour routes and products to Macau travel trade.
