Delegates from APEC member economies shared their tourism success stories at the 2014 APEC Tourism Working Group meeting. Under a five-year tourism plan, from 2015 to 2019, Indonesia is using an "eco-tourism" concept, which highlights sustainability strategies. The country mapped out several tourism areas across the nation as priority destinations under the plan.
The results of an independent assessment presented to delegates of the APEC Tourism Working Group "reflect where we are now and where we can move forward", said Javier Esteban Guillermo Molina, leader of the TWG.
To leverage resources and promote cooperation, delegates to the 45th APEC Tourism Working Group Meeting called for promoting integration by adopting the 2012-15 APEC Strategic Plan made in 2012.
Progress towards tax reforms, which ease burdens on tourism, travel services companies and consumers, was made in discussions among delegates of the 45th APEC Tourism Working Group Meeting in Macao.
Several cities in China have launched "smart tourism" projects, which feature integrated tourism resources and stronger interactivity between tourists and their destinations via the Internet.
Wang Mingsheng feels like he is suffocating all the time. He kneels several times a day, giddy and gasping for air.
When Wang Keqin founded his NGO to help patients suffering from pneumoconiosis, it faced impending doom less than two weeks into its work.
Beijing resident Shi Chao leaves home before 7 am and waits for the bus to take him to the subway station.
Commuters must enhance their safety awareness as subway usage increases, transport and security analysts said.
Guo Taisheng, a professor at People's Public Security University of China, conducted research on subway security in Shanghai in May and found a few gaps.
The impact of the Diaoyu Islands dispute on China-Japan ties is diminishing, but pessimism over future relations remains, the latest public opinion poll in both countries showed.
Most members of the Chinese public support economic cooperation with Japan, but their Japanese counterparts hold competing views, a major poll in both countries showed.
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