GUIYANG, China, Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The First
China-Thailand Rally Racing (CTRR) kicked off on Sunday in Xingyi
city, capital of Qianxinan Bouyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in
southwest China's Guizhou province.
More than 50 groups of vehicles from more than 20 provinces and
cities nationwide will set out from Xingyi, leave China via the Mohan Port of Xishuangbanna in
southwest China's Yunnan province and pass through Laos on December
3. They will then travel from mountainous areas in northern
Thailand to southern coastal city.
The whole journey of about 3,000 kilometers will last 14 days.
The first CTRR launched here aims to integrate Xingyi's superior
mountainous outdoor sports resources with the spirit of freedom and
respect for challenges of the cross-country rally fans, and
accelerate the development of Xingyi mountain tourism and outdoor
sports industry, said Tian Tao,
mayor of Xingyi City, at the departure ceremony of the event.
It is understood that Qianxinan Bouyei and Miao Autonomous
Prefecture has taken mountainous outdoor sports as a driving force
for transformation of its tourism industry by giving full play to
its advantages in mountain resources and colorful ethnic
culture
Development of outdoor leisure sports such as cycling, rock
climbing, hiking, camping, and hot air ballooning is on the rise in
the Prefecture.
Rich in high-quality mountain tourism resources, Guizhou is actively promoting the construction
of national sports tourism demonstration zones. The CTRR is a new
way to explore the development of mountain tourism and outdoor
sports industry. It will surely promote integration of culture,
sports and tourism, according to Shi Jingyi, an official of Guizhou
Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism.
The first CTRR has opened a new chapter of the cross-country
rally development in Guizhou, said
Zhang Dai, chairman of Beijing-based Fblife.com, hoping that the
cross-country rally racing will go out from here to ASEAN,
Africa, and Europe.
It is worth noting that in 2018, Guizhou received 969 million tourists and
achieved total tourism revenue of more than 940 billion yuan, accounting for about 11.3
percent of the province's GDP.
It is expected that in 2019, the total tourism revenue of
Guizhou and the number of the
tourists entering Guizhou will
increase by more than 30 percent, respectively.
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