Silk Road Style

用1绵延全省1600公里的丝绸之路黄金段，不断传诵着千年古韵_034933.jpg

用2第八届敦煌行·丝绸之路国际旅游节在“天下第一雄关”——甘_034934.jpg

用4在关城下举行了“丝路与长城对话”大型交响乐演出_HZP_034935.jpg

Part of a set of statues under the Great Wall at the Jiayuguan Pass, depicts the well-known story of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang’s pilgrimage to central Asia and India during the Tang Dynasty (618-907)
The opening ceremony of the Eighth Dunhuang Tour--Silk Road International Tourism Festival is held at the Jiayuguan Pass on June 19
Musicians perform at a concert on the theme of a dialogue between the Silk Road and the Great Wall
Guests receive a traditional type of entrance passes for the tourism festival
An international group of models known as the Silk Road Angels wave to visitors

Photos by Yu Xiangjun, edited by Lu Yan

The opening ceremony of the Eighth Dunhuang Tour--Silk Road International Tourism Festival got underway at the Jiayuguan Pass, in Jiayuguan City, northwest China's Gansu Province, on June 19. The pass is famous for being the westernmost end of the Ming Great Wall and an important point on the Silk Road.

The festival, jointly hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Gansu Provincial Government, offers an important platform for tourism cooperation and exchange among countries and regions along the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road.

The participants included 368 international guests from 52 countries and regions, including many from those along the Belt and Road routes. Representatives from three international tourism organizations, namely the World Tourism Organization, the World Tourism Alliance and the Pacific Asia Tourism Association, were in attendance.

In addition to the opening ceremony, 10 other activities were held in Jiayuguan to launch the festival, including an evening gala, a business conference, a food fair, activities marking the 2018 China-Belarus Year of Tourism and exhibitions on tourism products from countries and regions along the Belt and Road routes.

Moreover, during the month-long festival, a number of tourism activities will take place in 14 cities and prefectures across Gansu, which are expected to attract a large number of visitors and boost the local economy.