CHINESE, THAI COMPANIES TO JOINTLY DEVELOP TOURISM IN GOLDEN TRIANGLE

UNESCO Heritage city, Luang Prabang of Laos,
which is steeped in Laotian culture, such as the elephant
parade, will get a boost in tourism as the city will be
 included in the Golden Triangle boat service.
Photo: Xinhua

Chinese and Thai companies have signed three documents at northern Thailand’s Chiang Saen port in a bid to develop boat trip service to boost tourism along the Lancang-Mekong river.

China’s Yunnan Provincial Tourism Investment Co., Ltd and Thailand’s New Chiang Saen Group Co., Ltd are main signers of these cooperative documents, which cover marketing a current boat service on Mekong river that takes tourists to see the scenery of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar in a single day trip.

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 also are developing a wild elephant centre in 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),Mr Xu noted their company’s goal to boost tourism cooperation echoes with the vision of 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.

Chiang Saen port used to be a cargo port before a new port was built there and thus the old port is planned to be developed into a mega-tourism port, Mayor of Wiang Chiang Saen subdistrict municipality Chayagrit Nissaisook told Xinhua.

The mayor said the Tourism Authority of Thailand had made a master plan to develop the port into an international airport scale with duty-free shops and restaurants to welcome tourists, especially Chinese tourists.

Read the full article at Khmer Times: https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50561296/chinese-thai-companies-to-jointly-develop-tourism-in-golden-triangle/

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