The Argentine ambassador in China, Sabino Vaca Narvajaargued this Wednesday that the development of the chinese tourism in the Argentina can help improve the “foreign exchange earnings” to the country, and stressed that work is being done so that this year the first direct flight between the two countries is completed.
“The development of Chinese tourism in Argentina is one of the strategic vectors to solve our problem of foreign currency income”he claimed Narvaja Cow it’s a statement.
The diplomat met with the governor of Hainan province, Liu Xiaomingin the city of Haikouto discuss the possibilities of cooperation in trade, sports and tourism.
Hainan It is a strategic island for the Silk Belt Roadwith more than 10 million inhabitants, which recently registered an annual growth of 10% and 64% of foreign investment.
Xiaoming presented to the ambassador the latest advances in the construction of the free trade port of Hainan and offered to take advantage of its location, resources and policies to advance cooperation in trade, tourism, sports, culture and the fight against climate change.
For his part, the ambassador proposed advancing in a twinning between the provinces of Hainan and Land of Fire and the cities of Sanya and Ushuaiawhich in turn could be linked by a cruise route, given the interest of Chinese tourists in the Antarctica and because it is the most developed Asian province in the cruise industry.
Direct flight, elimination of visas and electronic payment
Narvaja Cow highlighted that work is being done so that this year the first direct flight to Chinainitially with shared code, which will reduce 10 hour flight.
The diplomat added that they are also working so that the media can be used in Argentina electronic payment most popular in China and in facilitating the granting of visas.
On this last point, the ambassador took note of how the visa elimination policy that Hainan carried out at the provincial level with 59 countries, including the Argentinaallowed it to be one of the most important tourist enclaves in the world with more than 80 million visitors a year.
“The Chinese public has a preference for natural destinations and within this framework the Argentina It has enormous development potential. Argentina is the first South American country authorized by China to receive its tourists within the framework of a pilot program that it presented to relaunch global tourism,” the official stressed.
Narvaja Cow considered that if progress is made “quickly in these three axes of work -flight, visas and electronic payment- it is possible to quickly attract 500,000 Chinese touristswhich would imply a strong inflow of foreign currency” for Argentina.
Source: Ambito
