Tumen River area enticing new tourism

Northeastern China's Jilin province is going to work with its neighbors to expand tourism development in the near future.

Jilin will deepen cooperation with the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Liaoning and Heilongjiang provinces, as well as neighboring Northeast Asian countries, including Russia, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mongolia, the Republic of Korea and Japan to develop joint travel programs, says Lin Tian, deputy head of the Jilin tourism bureau.

The Greater Tumen Initiative was launched by the United Nations Development Programme in 1995 and has been an important facility for Northeast Asia intergovernmental cooperation in transportation, energy, tourism, investment and environment.