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Main objectives: inbound tourism; strengthen the management
and guidance of outbound tourism; enhance the
? Promote the innovative development of level of tourism cooperation between Guangdong,
tourism empowered by science and technology: Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan; strengthen
Accelerate the development of smart tourism; domestic and regional tourism cooperation;
increase the promotion and application of new promote international cooperation in tourism
technologies in the field of tourism; promote with high quality.
collaborative innovation in tourism.

? Promote the upgrading of tourism quality Special economic zones
in ¡°one core, one belt and one zone¡±: Build an
international urban tourism circle in the Pearl River China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone
Delta with high standards; high-level construction
of coastal tourism belt; promote the construction The China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade
of ecological leisure tourism highlands in northern Zone (GDFTZ) has been at the forefront of the
Guangdong with high quality. country¡¯s reform and opening up. In the past nine
years, the GDFTZ has driven the GDP growth of
? Create a highland for the protection the three major platforms of Hengqin, Qianhai
and utilization of human resources and natural and Nansha to more than double and the actual
resources: Strengthen the protection and utilization of foreign investment has reached
development and utilization of human resources; nearly US$53.9 billion .
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strengthen the protection and utilization of
natural resources; explore new paths for resource In September 2021, the government of
conservation and utilization. Guangdong announced the first Five-Year Plan for
the GDFTZ, the specific planning for the next five
? Accelerate the construction of a supply years includes:
system for high-quality tourism products:
Create amusement products with distinctive Development targets: 23
characteristics and strong experience; cultivate
and strengthen market entities; promote the in- ? The role of the highland of institutional
depth integration and development of culture and innovation is more prominent, the level of
tourism; promote the integrated development liberalization and facilitation of investment and
of tourism and related industries; continue to trade will reach international first-class level, a
improve the level of global tourism development. multi-level and all-round financial service system
will be formed.
? Promote the expansion and quality of
tourism consumption: Optimize the tourism ? Further optimization of the business
consumption environment; vigorously develop environment and promotion of a fair and open
personalized and agglomerative tourism market. The government management and service
consumption; improve the level of tourism services; capability will be further improved. The GDFTZ
improve the quality of tourism public services; will take a leading position in the evaluation from
strengthen brand marketing promotion. World Bank business environment index.

? Promote the modernization of the ? Build a high-quality development engine
tourism governance system; Strengthen the with strong capacity for global resource allocation,
construction of tourism rule of law; Improve innovation and collaboration. By 2025, the total
the efficiency of tourism market supervision; import and export trade will reach RMB400 billion
Improve the tourism security system; Establish a and the accumulated FDI inflows will be about
new trend of civilized tourism.
22 Shenzhen business news, https://finance.eastmon-
ey.com/a/202405303090526227.html
? Improve the level of Guangdong¡¯s tourism 23 Government site of Guangdong, http://www.gd.gov.
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