中国旅游文化周在布达佩斯拉开帷幕

China tourism, culture week kicks off in Budapest

发布于：2025年05月25日 | 转载自：人民日报英文版

Visitors learn about Chinese cultural and creative products during the 2025 Budapest China Tourism and Culture Week in Budapest, Hungary, May 23, 2025. The 2025 Budapest China Tourism and Culture Week started on Friday in the Hungarian capital, aiming to facilitate exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and other civilizations through cooperation platforms built for cultural and tourism industry insiders.

More than 100 representatives from the Chinese and Hungarian government, cultural and tourism enterprises and media in central and eastern Europe attended the opening ceremony. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)

BUDAPEST, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The 2025 Budapest China Tourism and Culture Week started on Friday in the Hungarian capital, aiming to facilitate exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and other civilizations through cooperation platforms built for cultural and tourism industry insiders.

More than 100 representatives from the Chinese and Hungarian government, cultural and tourism enterprises and media in central and eastern Europe attended the opening ceremony.

Szabolcs Szilagyi, head of the department for legal and governance support of Hungarian Tourism Agency, told the ceremony that in recent years, the ties between Hungary and China in economy, culture and tourism have become increasingly close, and China has become one of the most important source countries for tourists coming to Hungary.

Budapest has established direct flight routes with seven cities in China, becoming an important hub connecting central and eastern Europe and China.

Fu Hanxiao, deputy director general of the Industrial Development Department of the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism, said the tourism and culture week showcases the vitality of contemporary Chinese culture and tourism industry, and creates favorable conditions for more European tourists to visit China.

The Friday event also included a China-Central and Eastern Europe tourism development dialogue and business negotiation meetings to help explore new development paths for the industry.

The China tourism and culture week, which runs until May 25, will also see a series of related projects take place, such as the "Best from China" expo which features Chinese intangible cultural heritages, a Beijing-themed photo exhibition, and tea culture experiences, demonstrating the integration of China’s traditional culture with modern technological creativity.

The tourism and culture week is organized by the China National Tourist Office in Budapest, the European Office of Investment Promotion Agency of the Ministry of Commerce of China, and the Europe Regional Bureau of Xinhua News Agency.

A visitor looks at pictures during the 2025 Budapest China Tourism and Culture Week in Budapest, Hungary, May 23, 2025. The 2025 Budapest China Tourism and Culture Week started on Friday in the Hungarian capital, aiming to facilitate exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and other civilizations through cooperation platforms built for cultural and tourism industry insiders.