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the 10th china-japan-rok tourism ministers' meeting was held in kobe, japan on the 11th. zhang zheng, vice minister of the ministry of culture and tourism of china, tetsuo saito, minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism of japan, and yoo in-chon, minister of culture, sports and tourism of south korea attended the meeting. the three parties exchanged views on promoting tourism exchanges and cooperation between china, japan and south korea, and jointly signed the "outcome document of the 10th china-japan-rok tourism ministers' meeting". according to a report on the website of japan's nhk tv on the 11th, this was the first china-japan-rok tourism ministers' meeting held again after the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic in five years. at the meeting, the three parties unanimously agreed to strengthen cooperation and achieve the goal of increasing mutual visits between the three countries to 40 million by 2030.

it is reported that at the meeting on the 11th, china, japan and south korea agreed to promote the recovery of aviation and cruise tourism businesses that have shrunk due to the epidemic, and to improve the reception environment by providing multilingual signs, etc. the three parties will promote the sharing of tourism data; in order to attract tourists to travel to the local areas of the three countries, the three parties agreed to increase the number of direct flights from each country, and work together to achieve high value-added tourism and make full use of the natural and cultural resources of each region. saito tetsuo said in an interview with the media after the meeting, "people-to-people exchanges themselves will bring regional peace and stability, and promote economic development and regional development. in this sense, we must achieve this goal."

the nihon keizai shimbun reported on the 11th that the number of foreign tourists visiting japan in july this year hit a new monthly record of 3.29 million. by country and region, the largest number of tourists came from china, followed by south korea. in places like kyoto, the concentration of foreign tourists was very obvious. during the meeting, bilateral talks between china and japan, china and south korea, and japan and south korea were also held, and exchange activities between local governments and the tourism industry in china, japan and south korea were held in conjunction.

the china-japan-rok tourism ministers' meeting was established in 2006. it is an important intergovernmental exchange mechanism for the three countries to strengthen tourism policy communication and promote practical cooperation. it is held in rotation by china, japan and south korea. the next china-japan-rok tourism ministers' meeting will be held in china next year.

global times special correspondent li meixi