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2023 中国国际旅游交易会

Georgian exhibitor:

I just want more Georgian people to experience the beauty of China

格鲁吉亚参展商：让更多格鲁吉亚人体验中国美景

By Wang Yunya 王韵雅 / 文

Caucasus Voyagers is an international travel it will take some research and comparison before
agency based in Georgia, a country where Chinese his company can develop a tourism project to attract
citizens can enter without visas. Shalva, a partner more tourists to Georgia from Yunnan.
of Caucasus Voyagers, considers CITM 2023 as an Shalva has been to many places in China, such
opportunity to introduce his beautiful country to as the Great Wall. For him, Georgia and China have
Chinese tourists. He wants to tell more people that different but equally fascinating cultures. “We hope
tourism resources are very concentrated in Geor- to cooperate with more travel agencies in Yunnan
gia. By opting for the high-quality tourism projects so that more Georgian people can travel to Yunnan
developed by his company, tourists can experience and other places in China. When they come, they’ll
wonderful landscapes such as deserts, snow-capped be able to experience the beauty of China that they
mountains and forests within a week. have seen only in history books and movies,” he
“We are not only engaged in wine business, but said.
we have also built a professional tourism project During CITM 2023, many tourists and compa-
team, which has been providing tourism service cov- nies have consulted Shalva about tourism projects
ering the whole Caucasus for more than a decade,” and cooperation, which made him very happy. The
he said. Due to its three-step topography, China is CITM has provided a platform for tourism coopera-
richly endowed with unique natural landscapes, and tion as well as people-to-people exchanges between
its Yunnan province is also a world-renowned tourist Georgia and China, especially Yunnan. Shalva is full
destination. Georgia and Yunnan have a lot in com- of confidence in the future development of Georgia’s
mon in that they both feature a large difference in tourism industry.
elevation and diverse natural landscapes. Therefore,

Sri Lankan exhibitor:

Sri Lankan tourism resources are worthy of attention

斯里兰卡参展商：斯里兰卡的旅游资源值得关注

By Wang Yunya 王韵雅 / 文
The Sri Lankan exhibition booth at CITM 2023 “For some members of my staff delegation this
was exquisitely decorated with the country’s char- time, they have never come to Yunnan before, so they
acteristic tourism elements, including a blue ocean, find its scenery beautiful and its climate pleasant,”
a golden beach, a rosy sunset, and a few silhouetted said Dissanayaka. He told our reporter that they have
elephants. On a small stage just in front of the booth, come to Yunnan to promote Sri Lanka’s tourism prod-
the Sri Lankan folk dances made the audience ap- ucts because Yunnan is as rich in tourism resources as
plaud time and again. Sri Lanka, and it has accumulated a wealth of experi-
“When Chinese tourists come to Sri Lanka, they ence in developing tourism innovatively.
like to watch our traditional dances,” Dissanayaka “I hope to network with more companies, travel
said. “So I always bring a Sri Lankan dance troupe agencies and tourists that are interested in Sri Lanka’s
with me when I participate in a travel exhibition.” As tourism packages and routes at the CITM. Our tour-
marketing director (China) of Exotic Global Holidays ism resources are well worthy of attention, and every-
Private Limited, Dissanayaka has participated in the one is welcome in Sri Lanka,” Dissanayaka said with
CITM many times. He loves Yunnan’s ethnic song a broad smile. “We also hope to learn more about
and dance shows and has watched a lot of them in Yunnan’s tourism industry, so that we can bring more
Kunming. He said that although different countries Sri Lankan people to China for a wonderful cultural
have different cultures, their songs and dances are experience.”
equally passionate and aesthetic.