Tourism Minister K J Alphons visits China to enhance tourism sector between two nations

NewsBharati    11-May-2018
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Beijing, May 11: Recently we saw PM Modi, MEA Sushma Swaraj, Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited China to enhance the relations between the nations. Now the MoS for Tourism K. J. Alphons visited China to attend the Tourism Ministers’ conference by Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Wuhan on Wednesday.

At the inaugural session, the Minister said that India’s Tourism sector is fast growing and has got an emerging market for outbound travel and a tremendous potential for tourism co-operation with the SCO region.

 
 
At the sidelines of the event, the Minister also met the Chinese Tourism and Culture Vice Minister, Mr. Li Jinzao. The visit of the team headed by Sh. K. J. Alphons was in continuation of the Prime Minister’s recent visit to China wherein it was agreed to increase the co-operation between India and China in Defence, External Affairs, and Tourism.

Wuhan was the place where PM Modi had an informal meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last month which proved to be fruitful.

With the informal summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Modi panned to exchange views on a range of issues of bilateral and global importance. They discussed their visions and priorities for development, in context of current and future international situations, PM Modi said before leaving for Wuhan.

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