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China proposes Lancang-Mekong tourism
zone
KUNMING, China - The
government of southwestern China's Yunnan province has
proposed the creation of a tourism zone along the
Lancang-Mekong rivers in collaboration with Singapore,
Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
The proposal was put forth by a Yunnan official
during a recent international seminar organized to
discuss the establishment of an east-west economic
corridor. According to the proposal, six cross-border
travel routes will be established.
The first
would link tourist destinations in China, Laos, Myanmar,
Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. The second would link
Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar and China. The
third would link Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and China. The
fourth would link China, Thailand, Singapore and
Malaysia. The fifth would link Laos, Myanmar and China,
and the sixth China, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.
Yunnan is ready to open air, water, highway and
railway transport routes to the above-mentioned
countries.
At present, visitors to
Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and China find it inconvenient to
travel to the Southeast Asian countries because of the absence of
an international agreement on entry and exit procedures
and on currency circulation.
If the tourism zone
becomes a reality, it will serve as an experimental
model for the development of the China-ASEAN Free Trade
Zone, the official said.
(Asia Pulse/XIC)
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