Shanxi Culture and Tourism Ventures into Hawaii, Co-Creating a New Vision for Culture and Tourism Collaboration

当地时间2月28日，由山西省文化和旅游厅主办的"山西文化旅游（夏威夷）座谈会"在美国夏威夷举行。

On February 28th, local time, the "Shanxi Cultural Tourism (Hawaii) Symposium," hosted by the Culture and Tourism Department of Shanxi Province, was held in Hawaii, USA.

山西省文化和旅游厅厅长王爱琴表示，山西拥有丰富的历史文化遗产和壮丽的自然风光，与夏威夷的旅游合作可以为世界游客提供多元化的旅游体验。她期待以座谈会为契机，推动两地旅游业界更紧密合作。夏威夷州旅游局大中华区总负责人Dennis Suo对山西代表团的到访表示欢迎，认为双方在生态旅游与历史文化资源上具有互补性，合作将实现互利共赢。他期待通过联合推广、节庆互动等模式，加强交流合作，共同打造跨文化精品旅游线路，为游客提供更便捷、舒适的旅游服务。

Wang Aiqin, Director of the Culture and Tourism Department of Shanxi Province, stated that Shanxi boasts rich historical and cultural heritage as well as magnificent natural landscapes. She emphasized that tourism collaboration with Hawaii could offer a diverse travel experience for global visitors. Wang expressed her hope that the symposium would serve as an opportunity to foster closer cooperation between the tourism industries of the two regions. Dennis Suo, Managing Director of Hawaii Tourism China at Hawaii Tourism Authority, welcomed the Shanxi delegation and highlighted the natural complementarity between the two regions in terms of ecotourism and historical-cultural resources. He believes that their collaboration will achieve mutual benefits and drive the prosperous development of the cultural and tourism industries in both areas. Suo looks forward to strengthening exchanges and cooperation through joint promotions, festival interactions, and other initiatives, aiming to create cross-cultural premium travel routes and provide more convenient and comfortable tourism services for visitors.

现场，多家文旅企业签署了多项合作协议。其中，大同文旅投资集团与美国夏威夷福建联合总会将合作开发文旅项目，共建文旅品牌；阳城县文化旅游投资集团与夏威夷潮州商会就文化遗产保护与活化达成战略合作；山西宝华国际旅行社与夏威夷华夏旅行社签订了客源互送协议，共同拓展双向市场。

On-site, multiple culture and tourism enterprises signed several cooperation agreements. Among them, Datong Culture and Tourism Investment Group will collaborate with the US Hawaii Fujian United Association to develop culture and tourism projects and jointly build a cultural tourism brand. Yangcheng County Cultural and Tourism Investment Group has reached a strategic cooperation agreement with the Hawaii Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce for the protection and revitalization of cultural heritage. Shanxi Baohua International Travel Agency signed a tourist exchange agreement with Hawaii Huaxia Travel Agency to jointly expand the two-way market.

大同市委常委、副市长翟永清，太原市副市长李永强，晋城市委常委、中共阳城县委书记高喜全，夏威夷州旅游局国际市场部总监 Jadie Goo，夏威夷文化旅游有限公司董事 Josh Peters，以及两地旅游企业代表参加座谈。