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The Sino-Thai Cultural Tourism Industry Exchange Summit was held in Bangkok, Thailand
In order to celebrate this important milestone and warm up for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Thailand in 2025, the "China-Thailand Cultural Tourism Industry Exchange Summit" hosted by the Global Tourism Economy Research Center and co-organized by the All-China Chamber of Tourism and the All-China Women Entrepreneurs Chamber of Commerce was held in Bangkok, Thailand on July 1, 2024.
The summit was attended by more than 150 cultural tourism business leaders from Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, as well as representatives of the Thai government, the Thai cultural tourism industry and relevant industry associations. Through the design of diversified links, the summit enables participating entrepreneurs and industry representatives to absorb the latest developments and opportunities in the development of cultural tourism in China and Thailand, and conduct in-depth exchanges, discussions and face-to-face negotiations through the platform of the summit, in order to promote cultural tourism cooperation between China and Thailand and inject new impetus into the overall development of the cultural tourism industry of the two countries.
Non-Chinese nationals who are permanent residents of Hong Kong and Macao
You can apply for a travel permit to and from the Mainland
According to the official information of the National Immigration Administration, on July 1, the 27th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, the Exit and Entry Administration of the People's Republic of China issued an announcement that in order to further facilitate personnel exchanges between the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao, and support Hong Kong and Macao to better integrate into the overall development of the country, from July 10, 2024, non-Chinese nationals among Hong Kong and Macao permanent residents will be issued to travel to and from the mainland.
The 24-hour traffic flow of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Corridor exceeded 125,000 trips
On June 30, the first day of the opening of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Corridor, vehicles from all over the country lined up early, waiting for the experience to open to traffic. According to the data provided by the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Corridor Management Center of Guangdong Provincial Communications Group, as of 15:00 on July 1, the 24-hour traffic volume of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Corridor has exceeded 125,000 trips since it was officially opened for trial operation at 15:00 on June 30. At 5 p.m. on the first day of operation, the traffic volume reached its peak at 8,000 trips per hour.
The first anniversary of the opening of the Chengdu-Hong Kong high-speed railway
The cumulative number of passengers transported reached 1.5 million
On July 1, 2024, according to the relevant person in charge of the Chengdu passenger section of the railway, in the past year, the Chengdu-Hong Kong high-speed railway has transported a total of 1.5 million passengers, and the average daily passenger transport of a single train is more than 2,000 passengers; Among them, Chengdu has sent a total of 360,000 passengers, with a daily average of 996 passengers, with a load factor of 83.0%, and a total of 361,000 arriving passengers, with a daily average of 998 passengers, with a load factor of 77.4%, providing a strong impetus for promoting economic development, cultural exchanges and economic and trade exchanges between the two places.
China Railway Group has openly solicited investment for the right to operate part of the tourist train market
According to the official WeChat news of China Railway, on June 28, the national railway investment platform announced the list of Chinese business enterprises with the right to operate tourist trains in the direction of Xinjiang through the Lanxin Railway and Lanxin High-speed Railway and to the direction of Mohe in Heilongjiang through the Nenlin Railway from July 10 to August 31, Henan China Travel Service Co., Ltd., Sichuan China Youth Travel Service Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Huayun Travel Service Co., Ltd. and other 26 tourism enterprises.
This marks the complete success of the first batch of public investment promotion of tourist train market management rights organized by relevant national railway enterprises after the announcement of investment announcements, review of enterprise qualifications, and public centralized bidding.
M+ Museum and Palace Museum, Hong Kong
Free admission leads to a boom in visits
On 1 July, to celebrate the 27th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, the M+ Museum and the Palace Museum Hong Kong will open their General Admission exhibitions free of charge. As of 11:30 a.m., more than 35,000 visitors have been admitted to the M+ Museum, according to the West Kowloon Cultural District. Due to the large number of visitors, if there is a long queue, the staff may stop admission until 5 p.m. The Palace Museum has been visited by more than 1,000 people, and 4,000 free general admission tickets have been fully booked, with a small number of tickets for special exhibitions still available for purchase.
Last admission to the M+ Museum today is 6pm. The free ticket reservations at the Palace Museum show that the public is enthusiastic about participating in the event. The West Kowloon Cultural District reminds members of the public who are interested in visiting the website to pay attention to the information on the remaining tickets on the Internet so as not to miss the opportunity to visit.
Laos' visa-free policy for Chinese tourists has officially come into effect
According to the document previously issued by the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism of Laos, on July 1, local time, Laos' visa-free policy for Chinese tourists officially came into effect. According to the content of the document, Laos implements a 15-day visa-free policy for tourists from Chinese mainland (mainland) and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan who hold ordinary passports organized by the Lao Tourism Company. The itinerary must be organized by the Lao Tourism Company and approved by the Lao Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism and the Immigration Department. The policy is valid until December 31, 2024.
Previously, after the announcement of the visa exemption in Laos, data from a number of online travel platforms showed that the search popularity of Laos-related keywords increased instantly. According to data disclosed by Ctrip, since the beginning of this year, Chinese mainland tourists' travel orders to Laos have increased by about 1 times year-on-year, and summer travel orders to Laos have increased by more than 140% year-on-year, ranking among the top 10 growth rates among summer outbound destination countries.
China Eastern Airlines launched China's first direct scheduled flight to "South France".
It was learned from China Eastern Airlines that China Eastern Airlines and its subsidiary Shanghai Airlines have launched a direct "Shanghai-Marseille" regular route, with three round-trip flights per week. The first flight of the route will take off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport in the early morning of July 2, and the load factor of the first flight is close to full. This is the first time that a regular direct passenger route has been opened between China and the south of France. After the opening of this route, China Eastern Airlines will operate 19 routes and 244 flights (round-trip) per week in the European region.
Sheraton opens its 100th hotel in Greater China
On July 1, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, a subsidiary of Marriott Bonvoy, announced the opening of Sheraton Lanzhou Zhongbang Hotel. The opening of the new hotel marks the milestone of the brand's 100th hotel on the occasion of its 50th anniversary in China.
Sheraton Lanzhou Zhongbang Hotel features 354 modern and stylish guest rooms and suites, ranging in size from 42 to 190 square meters; 1,900 square meters of meeting and banquet space: including a 1,200-square-meter pillar-less Grand Ballroom with an 8-metre ceiling height and 108 square metres of high-definition embedded LED displays; 5 function rooms of 30 to 60 square meters.
HNA established a new company, HNA Preferred
HNA Holdings announced that HNA Holdings intends to sign the "Investment Agreement" with HNA Aviation Group to jointly invest in the establishment of HNA Preferred, with a registered capital of 30 million yuan.
Among them, HNA Holdings contributed 15.3 million yuan in currency, with a shareholding ratio of 51%, and HNA Aviation Group contributed 14.7 million yuan in currency, with a shareholding ratio of 49%.
The establishment of the joint venture will help the company fully tap its own resource potential, increase the sales of the company's air tickets and ancillary products by building a live broadcast platform, and at the same time use the live broadcast platform to expand its business scope and create new profit growth points for the company.
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