Chinese and Thai companies signed three documents on Monday at
northern Thailand's Chiang Saen port in a bid to develop boat trip
service along the Lancang-Mekong river.
China's Yunnan Provincial Tourism Investment Co., LTD and Thailand's
New Chiang Saen Group Co., LTD are main signers of these cooperative
documents, which cover marketing a current boat service on Mekong river
that take tourists to see the scenery of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar in a
single day trip.
They will also launch a boat service from Chiang Saen port in
northern Thailand to Jinghong in China's Yunan Province and also to
Luang Prabang of Laos and Kengtung of Myanmar.
"We are trying to connect tourist services and attractions along the
Lancang-Mekong river," Xu Lianbiao, vice general manager of Yunnan
Provincial Tourism Investment, said.
We also are developing a wild elephant center in northern Lao
province of Xayaburi and also developing ecological tourism there, he
added.
Thailand put forward a vision called "five Chiang cities four
countries," which seeks close tourism cooperation and tourism
facilitation between Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Jinghong (Chiang Rung in
Thai language), Kengtung (Chiang Tung) and Luang Prabang (Chiang Thong),
Xu noted their company's goal to boost tourism cooperation echoes with
the vision of five Chiang.
"The joint patrol of China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand make it safe
to sail on the Mekong river, making it possible for tourism routes
linking these Chiang cities to grow," he mentioned.
Chiang Saen port used to be a cargo port before a new port was built
there and thus the old port is planned to to be developed into a
mega-tourism port, Mayor of Wiang Chiang Saen subdistrict municipality
Chayagrit Nissaisook told Xinhua.
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The mayor said the Tourism Authority of Thailand had made master plan
to develop the port into a international airport scale with duty free
shops and restaurants to welcome tourists, especially Chinese tourists.
"The investment will be at a minimum of 39 million baht (1.19 million
U.S. dollars) to firstly realize the plan that we may be able to
attract more than 100 million baht (3.06 million U.S. dollars)," he
added.
Yunnan Provincial Tourism Investment launched their boat service here in Chiang Saen Port in October this year, tourists can now take a boat from here to see Myanmar and Laos along the river and also to do some shopping on Don Sao Island of Laos, a separate duty free zone.
Source - TheJakartaPost
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Yunnan Provincial Tourism Investment launched their boat service here in Chiang Saen Port in October this year, tourists can now take a boat from here to see Myanmar and Laos along the river and also to do some shopping on Don Sao Island of Laos, a separate duty free zone.
Source - TheJakartaPost
