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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — The 2021 IYF Special Dialogue in Nanjing is launching a call for entries themed ‘My Beautiful Hometown’.

As a great opportunity for young people along the silk roads to present the charm of their hometowns to a global audience, it is an ideal platform for them to share their thoughts, stories, and actions on youth leadership in innovation and creativity.

The IYFSD is also a treasured occasion to inspire more youth actions and leadership for a sustainable, inclusive, and resilient shared future for all, according to Nanjing Literature Centre in a statement.

All participants are requested to create a piece of original writing, art creation, or video work speaking for their hometowns, cities or regions, like cultural heritages, unique landmarks, local customs, culinary traditions, or featured handicrafts, with a writing piece of any genre, no more than 150 words in English (or 200 words in Chinese). It is open to all the young population aged between 18 and 45 from countries or regions along the silk roads.

Based on the panel selection, certificates will be awarded to 10 winners for Outstanding Creation, three for Third Prize, two for Second Prize, and one for First Prize, and all participants with eligible submissions will receive Certificates of Recognition.

The submission means that the organisers are granted the non-exclusive rights to use, publish, reproduce, distribute, communicate or make available to the public the creative pieces, and the entrants hereby consent that the work will be used for non-profit educational or public information uses.

In return, a remuneration of 3,000 yuan will be awarded to the First Prize winner, while 2,000 yuan to each Second Prize, 1,200 yuan to each Third Prize, and 600 yuan to each Outstanding Creation.

The results will be announced on the online sharing session which will be held on Dec 17.

— BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 — Tokyo-based BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc has announced the ‘Super Robot Wars’ series has reached its 30th anniversary.

According to a statement, the series was first released in 1991 as a simulation RPG where robots from various licences came together in battle.

The series appeared on various gaming platforms, such as the GAME BOY (R), offering entertainment to customers worldwide, with more than 90 titles appearing under the series brand (including rerelease variations), and the series has now surpassed 19 million in sales.

In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the series, ‘Super Robot Wars 30’ was released on the home console systems (Nintendo Switch (TM) /PlayStation (R) 4 /STEAM (R)) on Oct 28.

In response to comments and requests from fans of the series, the game features a new game system, ‘Tactical Area Selection’ where players can choose the order of the story, robots, and characters that can be obtained.

In order to have many customers enjoy the game worldwide, the game is available on STEAM (R) for the U.S. and European regions for the first time ever.

In addition, the game is available in five languages, including simplified Chinese, the first ever to the series, to have as many customers as possible enjoy it.

By utilising BANDAI NAMCO Group’s business knowledge and experience, 274 different licences have appeared across the brand’s legacy, thus making it a series with the most IP licences ever to appear in any role-playing video game series.

— BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 — The homestay industry has in recent years witnessed fast development in Rizhao, Shandong.

The city has forged a new path of reform and innovation, creating a Rizhao Model for the development of the homestay industry, by active exploration and efforts in areas such as legal compliance, standards, quality-oriented growth, and industry clusters, according to the Information Office of Rizhao Municipal People’s Government.

The 2021 Dragon Boat Festival Holiday Travel Big Data Report released by Ctrip in June reveals that Rizhao has experienced one of the most robust increases in bookings for holiday accommodation.

According to a statement, as of November, Rizhao has 56 boutique homestays and 1,200 Yujiale fishing-themed tourist establishments.

The boutique homestays market segment in Rizhao emerged in 1999 when the first batch of Yujiale establishments opened for operation in Wangjiazao Village.

During the ensuing two decades, Rizhao has expended unremitting effort in a quality-oriented, brand-based, industrialised development approach, including an improved licence application and handling process, optimised approval process, strengthened policies, and financial support. 

Five Rural Revitalization Demonstration Projects have been launched, namely Beautiful Villages, Rural Complex, Featured Towns, Modern Agricultural Industrial Parks, and Boutique Homestays.

There are four types of homestays: rural life experience, coastal and marine recreation, rustic luxury, and town-based, highlighting the regional characteristics of Rizhao based on its fishing folk customs, coastal setting, artistic creativity, and marine resources, among others.

Alongside the homestay industry, a wide range of enterprises has taken root in Rizhao, for example, catering, entertainment, shopping, cultural and artistic, and DIY businesses, and upon these a range of small tourist destinations and tourist attractions have been shaped.

— BERNAMA

FUZHOU, China, Nov. 23, 2021 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/–
                                 
The 7th Maritime Silk Road (Fuzhou) International Tourism Festival kicks off on November 23. The festival is to be hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China and the People’s Government of Fujian Province and organized by the Fujian Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and the People’s Government of Fuzhou. The festival, which has the theme Maritime Silk Road Cooperation for Thriving Culture and Tourism, will be held both online and offline, highlighting its status as an international event for culture and tourism along the Maritime Silk Road.

The festival will present a wide range of core and associated activities, such as the Opening Ceremony and the Culture and Tourism Cooperation Summit, and the Night of the Maritime Silk Road. Representatives from the embassies and consulates of countries along the Maritime Silk Road, from tourism agencies of countries and regions along the Belt and Road, as well as from the Maritime Silk Road Tourism Promotion Alliance will be invited to attend this spectacular event, according to the Publicity Department of the CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee. This will further provide opportunities for cultural exchange alongside the Maritime Silk Road. With a wide range of activities, the event will last until mid-December.

The Maritime Silk Road (Fuzhou) International Tourism Festival is an important project for Fujian Province and Fuzhou City, designed to accelerate the construction of the Core Area of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. The festival has been held for six consecutive years, from 2015 to 2020. It has enabled the formation of a new regional tourist cooperation platform for countries along and near the Maritime Silk Road, where they can showcase their achievements and pursue mutual benefits.

Source: The Publicity Department of the CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee

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–BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 (Bernama) — Recently, on a list of ‘Top 100 Cities in China’s Tide Economy 2021’, co-published by domestic media, think-tanks and Internet service organisations, Sanya, which has been dubbed ‘Hawaii of China’, was again on the list with a ranking of 34th among 337 cities in China.

This is according to the Publicity Department of the CPC Sanya Municipal Committee in a statement.

In China, more and more cities are creating unique ‘Online Celebrity’ labels. The city managers not only show the individuality of the city to the public through internet heat, city vitality, current life, industry development, but also make urban plannings, create city images and stimulate the economic vitality of the city and its surrounding areas.

Recently, Sanya, a famous tourist city, located in the south of Hainan, made great efforts to build a benchmark city of International Tourism Consumption Center by taking the opportunity of China’s construction of Hainan Free Trade Port Zone and international tourism consumption centre.

Besides its best-known duty-free shopping tours, Sanya, warm and humid throughout the year, has become a popular spot for tourists with interesting sea sports, luxury high-end hotel enclave and many well-known sporting events and music activities.

Especially under the influence of COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese tourists, unable to travel abroad, have regarded Sanya as the pre-eminent substitute.

Sanya Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism said Sanya would continuously innovate tourism management mode in the future, focusing on the development of more than 10 new tourism forms such as cruise tourism, yacht tourism, and health tourism.

This is to enrich the system of holiday leisure tourism products and attract more global tourists.

— BERNAMA