What does 216 China-US Tourism Year mean?

China and the United States will hold the "China-US Tourism Year" in 216. Through the top-level design, a new breakthrough will be achieved in the scale of Sino-US tourism exchanges, and the number of two-way tourists will exceed 5 million at an early date. Holding the "China-US Tourism Year" will help deepen the local docking, expand the new space for tourism cooperation between provinces and States, and comprehensively promote the in-depth development of China and the United States. It is conducive to promoting enterprise cooperation and driving and leading the new development of the tourism industry. It is conducive to further improving the construction of soft and hard environment and providing more convenience for tourists.

Tourism has become an important growth pole of economic cooperation between China and the United States. In the eight years from 27 to 214, the total scale of Sino-US tourism exchanges exceeded 25 million person-times, with an average annual growth rate of 7.6%, of which China tourists went to the United States with an average annual growth rate of 18.4% and American tourists came to China with an average annual growth rate of 1.6%. The annual tourism exchange between China and the United States exceeds 4 million.

At present, China-US tourism exchange is entering a new period. Sino-US tourism exchanges are of great significance to promoting the development of the tourism industry of the two countries, enhancing people's friendship, expanding economic and trade cooperation and deepening cultural exchanges. With the increasing scale of tourism exchanges between the two countries, the future stage of Sino-US tourism cooperation is broad and promising.

as a major tourist destination in the world and the largest tourist market in the Asia-Pacific region, holding the National Tourism Year has become an important way for China and other major tourist countries to promote two-way tourism. In recent years, China-Russia, China-Korea, China-India and other tourism years have become great events in the tourism circles of all countries in the world.