On Feb. 22, 2021, CTA (Data Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism) released “China Tourism Economy Blue Paper (No.13)” and held discussions online. Over 5500 representatives including those from tourism management departments of Henan, Shandong, Zhejiang, Yuhang, etc., China Tourism Group Research Institute, China Telecom, China National Commercial Information Center, Landsky Technology Group Co., Ltd. and other enterprises, Xinhua News Agency, People’s Daily, Culture News, Tourism News and other media, and the team members of “Tourism Economy Blue Paper” subject from CTA, watched the online release conference. Vice president TANG Xiaoyun from CTA presided over the conference.

The theme of the conference is “From Full Recovery to High-quality Development”. Dr. Ma Yiliang, Director of Statistics Institute of CTA, released “China Tourism Economy Blue Paper (No.13)”, Liu Fei, Director of Culture and Tourism Industry, Resident Service Industry Division of China Telecom, released “2021 Spring Festival Holiday Tourism Big Data Report” on behalf of the Joint Laboratory of CTA and China Telecom, and Dr. Hu Yongjun from Data Analysis Institute released “Yuhang Culture and Tourism Integration Index” on behalf of the research team.

Jiang Jiding, Director of Henan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Wang Chunsheng, Vice Director of Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Wang Jun, Vice Director of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Lei Haisu, President of China Tourism Group Research Institute, Xu Shoufeng, President of China Telecom Residential Service Industry Division, Wang Huan, Director of Statistical Information Division of China National Commercial Information Center, and Feng Xiaodi, Assistant to Chairman of the Board of Landsky Technology Group Co., Ltd., participated in the round table discussion on “Post-epidemic Tourism Recovery and High-quality Development” which was presided over by Dr. He Qiongfeng, Director of Data Analysis Institute of CTA.

At last, President Dai Bin delivered the conclusion speech titled “Welcome Full Recovery and Build a Modern Tourism System”.

He pointed out that the orderly recovery of the tourism market and the tourism economy is irreversible. The upgrading of tourism consumption and the sinking of the market will make the trend of stable and changing leisure demands more obvious. Social stability, legal environment, economic growth and trade development will bring recovery and prosperity possibility to the business travel market. At present and for a period in the future, we should have full confidence in our Party and State for coordinating epidemic prevention and control and resuming work and production, and maintain optimistic expectations for the prosperity and development of the tourism economy. We need to further expand infrastructure, public services and social investment, implement innovation-driven strategy, take into account both the upgrading of tourism consumption and the sinking of the tourism market, and build a modern tourism system. Government tourism administration should strengthen the classification guidance of traditional and emerging, state-owned and private, large, small and micro tourism market, and implement precise policies. Party committees and governments at all levels should pay high attention to traditional businesses such as travel agencies, OTA, star-rated hotels, homestays, A-class scenic spots, theme parks, and tourist buses and boats, especially the living conditions of front-line personnel such as tour guides, team leaders, drivers, and waiters.