Published on : Tuesday, December 18, 2018
These cooperative documents cover marketing a current boat service on the Mekong river, that take tourists to see the scenery of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar, in a single day trip.
China’s Yunnan Provincial Tourism Investment Co. Ltd and Thailand’s New Chiang Saen Group Co. Ltd are main signers of these documents.
They will also launch a boat service from Chiang Saen port in northern Thailand, to Jinghong in China’s Yunan Province, and also to Luang Prabang of Laos and Kengtung of Myanmar.
“We are trying to connect tourist services and attractions along the Lancang-Mekong river,” Xu Lianbiao, vice general manager of Yunnan Provincial Tourism Investment, said.
We are also developing a wild elephant centre in the northern Lao province of Xayaburi, and also developing ecological tourism there, he added.
Thailand put forward a vision called “five Chiang cities; four countries,” which seeks close tourism cooperation and tourism facilitation between Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Jinghong (Chiang Rung in Thai language), Kengtung (Chiang Tung) and Luang Prabang (Chiang Thong). Xu noted, their company’s goal to boost tourism cooperation echoes with the vision of the five Chiang.
“The joint patrol of China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand make it safe to sail on the Mekong river, making it possible for tourism routes linking these Chiang cities to grow,” he mentioned.