The 19th Straits Tourism Expo and the 9th China (Xiamen) International Leisure Tourism Expo 2024 (hereinafter referred to as "Travel Expo") will be held in Hall C of Xiamen International Convention and Exhibition Center from May 24 to 26. The guide reporter learned from the press conference of the Travel Expo on May 8 that the exhibition is planned to have an exhibition area of 50000 square meters, 1500 booths, and 16 countries have confirmed their participation. Anhui Province and Taiyuan City of Shanxi Province will participate in the exhibition as the guest of honor province and the guest of honor city respectively, and all districts (cities) in Fujian Province will participate in the exhibition, of which Nanjing County and Songxi County will participate in the exhibition independently as C counties.

It is worth mentioning that this year the Organizing Committee has launched a special applet for the exhibition, which can be used to complete the registration of the exhibition with one click through WeChat applet, so as to keep abreast of the latest information of the exhibition and enjoy convenient services.

It's so easy to stroll! Tourism feast at home

As the only leisure tourism product exhibition, purchase and trading platform in Fujian Province that is in line with international communication, this year's International Leisure Tourism Expo is fully "international", with 16 countries including Japan, South Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Pakistan, Russia, Qatar, Maldives and other countries confirmed to participate.

Cultural and tourism departments (bureaus) in more than 10 provinces, cities and autonomous regions, including Anhui, Guangdong, Yunnan, Ningxia, Changji, Taiyuan, Changdu, Liuzhou, as well as districts (cities) in Fujian, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan will all appear. This year's Travel Expo will continue to highlight the "characteristics of the Straits", and the Taiwan exhibition area will focus on tourism, leisure, cultural and creative, food and other displays and hot sales. Citizens and tourists can take photos with Taiwan's tourism mascot, "Team Leader Ouxiong", listen to Taiwan's pioneering orchestral music playing on the spot, taste rich Taiwan cuisine, and purchase special gifts such as pineapple crisp, Jinmen Yitiao root. The Golden Gate exhibition area is also specially designed as the "Golden Wine Image Hall", and will hold award-winning interactive activities.

Super fun! Grass planting "tourism+" new way

This exhibition innovatively introduces diversified "tourism+" formats, and integrates new combinations of "tourism+intangible cultural heritage", "tourism+food", "tourism+technology" and "tourism+sports" into the exhibition to further enrich the exhibition experience.

National level intangible cultural heritage Huihe shadow carving and provincial intangible cultural heritage lacquer treasure house will show exquisite intangible cultural heritage skills and works on site. In recent years, Quanzhou Charybdis Pu Hairpin, a popular intangible cultural heritage, will also make an amazing appearance; "One Xiamen", the first soup in "Xiamen" - four fruit soup, hand made kungfu tea, fried egg toast, bowl bowl chicken and other special food and online celebrity food will gather at the exhibition site; Through the presentation of "AI+real people", we will lead citizens and tourists to enter the intelligent virtual world of new tourism and experience the perfect combination of technology and tourism; The official event IP of Xiamen International Circuit, Hongshan Car King, will demonstrate the speed and passion of the "steel beast" on the spot... The diversified "cultural and tourism parties" will unlock more new tourism methods.

Super easy to buy! Carnival of tourists

"The tourism special sale is in the Travel Expo." This exhibition will also bring together a large number of popular tourism products and exclusive discount of Travel Expo. Exhibitors of hotels, scenic spots, travel agencies, motorhomes, cruise ships, yachts, and aviation, who are popular with tourists, will launch a full range of tourism products and services for citizens and tourists on the site, including all kinds of special fares, preferential hotel packages, buffet food coupons, popular tourism routes, exquisite companion gifts, and creative cultural and creative gifts. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the founding of China Construction and Development International Travel Service Group, the site will launch domestic and foreign tourism routes such as "Shenzhou 30 Line", "Cruise Travel", "Fujian Micro vacation", "Summer Study", as well as preferential products such as "air ticket+hotel" free travel and local play tickets.

In addition, 2024 Southwest Fujian Tourist Festival, the 9th Xiamen Senior Tourism Festival, theme performances of various tourist destinations and other activities will be held during the exhibition. On site, China Construction and Development International Travel Service Group will provide two public welfare free travel routes for 300 elderly tourists over 55 years old. (Reporter Chen Lei, Chen Yuqing)