Opening new gates to tourism
A 10-member delegation from Yunnan recently visited India to promote tourism between the two nations. It discussed the possibility of developing the BCIM travel route, which includes Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar.
To promote tourism between the Yunnan province of China and India, a tourism exchange and cooperation promotion programme has been started between the two countries.
Duan Yueqing, Director General of Yunnan Provincial Tourism Development Commission, led a 10-member delegation to India on the invitation of the Indian Consulate in Guangzhou and Outbound Tour Operators’ Association of India.
The delegation met Usha Sharma, Additional Director General, Ministry of Tourism. During the meeting, they discussed various opportunities to promote tourism. Talking to
, Yueqing said, “Both countries are dedicated in pro-
We discussed the possibility about developing a new route called the BCIM travel route, which includes Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar. If this is developed and the cross border issues are solved, this might open a gateway for the rest of the world to explore these countries
Duan Yueqing Director General of Yunnan Provincial Tourism Development Commission
moting bilateral tourism. The government of India accords high importance to the Chinese market and we are equally focussed on the Indian market. We discussed the possibility about developing a new route called the BCIM travel route, which includes Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar. If this is developed and the cross border issues are solved, this might open a gateway for the rest of the world to explore these countries. But this is just something that we have been talking about.”
The delegation also talked about direct flights between Delhi and Kunming to enhance volume of outbound and inbound tourism between the two countries. About direct connectivity between Kunming and Delhi, he said, “Direct flights between Delhi and Kunming will shorten the travel time, after it is operational the flying distance between the two cities would be a little more than 3 hours. However, airlines should take the final call on this.”
This is the first such high level delegation visit to India, to follow up the agreement between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping. As per the agreement between both the countries, China will celebrate 2015 as Visit India year and 2016 will be celebrated by India as Visit China year.