Source: surging news
On November 24, the SCO 2023 Tourism Year Forum was held in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. After the forum, the Iranian and Tajik delegations went to Ili on the 25th to visit several representative scenic spots, such as the national gate of Khorgos Port, the Sino Kazakhstan Khorgos International Border Cooperation Center, Xibo Ancient City in Chabuchar County, Shaanxi Temple in Yining, the characteristic block of Liuxing Street in Yining City, and Alexander Accordion Museum.
Yili, named after the Yili River, is known as "Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall" and is one of the regions with the most abundant tourism resources in Xinjiang and even in China. With the deepening of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", the geographical location of Ili is even more important - this is the passage of the northern line of the ancient Silk Road, located in the center of the Eurasian economic plate, bordering Kazakhstan, connecting the Chinese market with 1.4 billion people, the Central Asian, West Asian and European markets with 1.2 billion people, and connecting China to Central Asia Key nodes in West Asia and Europe.
"I have been to China five times and have been to Beijing, Shanghai and other cities, but this is the first time I have come to Xinjiang and I feel like I have returned to my hometown." Muslim Shajari, Director General of the Iranian Tourism Market Bureau, told the surging news that during his one-day trip to Ili, he felt the local religion, architecture, music, culture and economic development. In many ways, The appearance here has many similarities with some cities in Iran.
Muslim further suggested that, due to the similarity of this culture, he hoped that more symposiums could be held between China and Iran, as well as between different cities of the two countries, in order to increase the number of mutual visits between tourists from the two countries. At present, Urumqi and Tehran run four round-trip non-stop flights every week, facilitating people's exchanges between the two places.
"Tourism is the best way to establish the relationship between the people of the two countries. Let's not based on any past experience, but directly meet and know each other." As Muslim said, during the day's trip, the director who loves playing and experience is also building a natural connection with the people of Ili in his own way. In the ancient city of Xibo, Muslim saw the local people baking the special Xibo pancakes, and he couldn't help but get started. From kneading to rolling, he was surprisingly skillful, and even surprised the baker standing beside him.
Muslim recalled that when he was a child, he had baked similar cakes in his hometown of Iran in a similar way. However, he quickly added, "Don't let my wife know that I can bake", which attracted everyone's laughter. After Xibo pancake is baked, Muslim enthusiastically shares the newly baked delicious food with the people around.
Muslim is making Xibo pancake
Similar to Musrim's feelings, Reza Shahbidoki, from the central Iranian city of Yazid, also found a "sense of familiarity" in Ili. At present, he runs a home stay in Yazid. He told the surging news, "Ili's culture has many similarities with Iran. It's beautiful and interesting here. I suggest that tourists who come to China must come to Ili to have a look." He also said, "I feel the warm hospitality of local people in Ili. In Iran, we will also warmly welcome guests from afar. After most tourists come to Iran, they will find that Iran is better than their previous impression. They hope that Iran and China will have more and more tourism cooperation. "
The Alexandria Accordion Museum is the last stop of the day's trip. The beautiful accordions in the museum also make people feel the charm of "music without borders". Just after the multi-ethnic accordion band played several passionate songs, the member of the Tajik delegation, Sammin Bozorov, could not help but step onto the stage and sing while playing, playing a Tajik folk song. Instantly, the applause was thunderous, and everyone stood, or beat, or danced gently. Despite different nationalities and nationalities, the joy of all people is so similar when the music is played. After the concert, Samming shared with the surging journalists that "in Ili, we felt the warm reception of the local people, and also wanted to give feedback to everyone through music, which is also a way to show Tajik culture."
During the 2023 Tourism Year Forum of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Yang Xiuli, the secretary of the Yili Prefecture Party Committee, said that he would uphold and carry forward the "Shanghai Spirit", take this forum as an opportunity, aim to build a world-class tourism destination, and better build the tourism industry into a beautiful industry to expand foreign exchanges and promote the prosperity of people and income, So as to make Ili a model place and image window for regional exchanges among SCO member states.
Zhang Ming, Secretary General of SCO, also pointed out that tourism is an important way to promote international cooperation and mutual understanding, and is gradually becoming an important direction of SCO space cultural exchanges and dialogue and interaction. |
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