China’s tourism development: Life begins at 40

Nowadays, while opening up more to the world, Shanghai aims to turn itself into a world-renowned tourist city and a world-class tourist destination by 2035. With high expectations on Shanghai’s tourism, other countries in the world are offering their suggestions. For instance, as Zarina Dolah Judin said, “The relationship between Malaysia and China began 600 years ago. To us, China is not a new country. But here I’d like to talk about tourism. Connectivity is very important for tourists to commute from one country to another. Now we only have one direct flight from Shanghai to Kuala Lumpur. I heard in 2022, China will have the world’s largest amphibious aircraft. So I really hope with this new development, airlines from China can add more flights from Shanghai or from any parts of China to go to Malaysia.” Ozgur Ayturk focuses more on the sustainability of tourism. He said, “The challenges for Shanghai, as a tourist-welcoming city, are sustainable tourism and diversifying the tourist resources, in the coming 10 or 15 years.”

(Wishes for the ongoing process of reform and opening up from Vladimir Kocerha, Economic and Commercial Counselor of Peru in Shanghai)

(Wishes for the ongoing process of reform and opening up from Karim Jatlaoui, Chief Representative of Tunisian National Tourist Office)

(Wishes for the ongoing process of reform and opening up from Zarina Dolah Judin, Director of Tourism Malaysia Shanghai)