Source: CRI

12-01-2008 15:41

Tourism officials in Beijing announced the opening of an industry forum on December 1 to give a boost to the capital's sagging tourism business amid the global economic slowdown.

Zhang Huiguang, director of the Beijing Tourism Administration, speaks at a news conference on November 30, 2008, before the  official opening of the Beijing Tourism Forum. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.COM]

Zhang Huiguang, director of the Beijing Tourism Administration, told a news conference in Beijing on Sunday that the city has invited officials from China's National Tourism Administration, the capital's municipal government and international tourism professionals to discuss how to invigorate the industry, which has been affected by the worldwide financial crisis.

Beijing's tourism industry reached a climax this summer with the city's hosting of the 2008 Summer Olympics. But how the city can work to regain some of this momentum will be mainly covered at the forum.

The forum also will feature a promotional event during which tourism officials from nine neighboring regions, including Hebei and Shandong provinces and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, will work together on developing regional tourism cooperation.