“Discover Moscow Dialogue on Tourism Development” held in Beijing

On June 19, The delegation of the Moscow City Tourism Committee held the“Discover Moscow Dialogue on Tourism Development” at the China Beijing International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) and Beijing International Tourism Expo 2019 (BITE 2019). The theme of the event was "Discover Moscow", including a thematic discussion on "Event Tourism Promotes Destination Tourism Development" and "Exploring Moscow" keynote speech and other sections. Екатерина Проничева, President of the Moscow City Tourism Committee gave a speech. Li Baochun, Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the World Tourism Cities Federation, attended the event and delivered a speech.

Li Baochun, Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the World Tourism Cities Federation delivered a speech

Li Baochun, Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the World Tourism Cities Federation, said that he was very grateful to the delegation of the Moscow City Tourism Committee for participating in and making recommend at the Beijing International Tourism Expo. As the world's first global international tourism organization with cities as its main part, the World Tourism Cities Federation with the core concept of "Better City Life Through Tourism", is committed to promoting communication and cooperation among its members. Moscow is one of the important member cities of the WTCF. It gives great support to the work of WTCF. Through this event organized by the Beijing International Tourism Expo, WTCF and Moscow will work together to promote the industrial development of Chinese citizens travel abroad to Russia.

Russia is the largest country in the world. It has profound cultural heritage and unique tourism resources. It also has a deep foundation in science, technology and education. According to the current situation of Chinese citizens' outbound travel, Chinese tourists mainly focus on Moscow and St. Petersburg. Moscow is also one of Beijing's friendly cities.

Guests were discussing on the event

During the thematic discussion on "Event Tourism Promotes Destination Tourism Development, representatives and guests of the Moscow City Tourism Committee discussed the topic of "FIFA lists the 2018 World Cup as a major tourism activity". Zhang Huiying, Senior Project Manager of WTCF, made an analysis of "China Outbound Tourism (City) Consumer Market Research Report 2017-2018". He Shengkang, consultant to the Secretariat of WTCF, and other guests communicated and discussed the experience of cooperation between China and Russia in marketing, promotion and organization of tourism activities.

Representative of Moscow City Tourism Committee was Introducing Moscow City Tourism Theme

During the event, representatives of the Moscow City Tourism Committee also made presentations on the theme of Moscow city tourism, welcoming more Chinese tourists to Moscow and experiencing the international and contemporary style of this city.

Before the event, Li Baochun, Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the World Tourism Cities Federation (first from the left), had a cordial communication with Екатерина Проничева, President of the Moscow City Tourism Committee (first from the right)