China woos US tourists with photo exhibition

June 12 (TravelAndy): China’s tourism department organised a photo exhibition at Harvard University over the weekend to attract visitors to the country.

According to a Xinhua report, the exhibition — organised by the China National Tourist Office in New York as part of the 39th Boston Dragon Boat Festival on June 9 and 10 — displayed more than 30 photographs of tourist destinations across China.

The exhibition was part of the tourism department’s ‘Bringing China Tourism to American Universities’ campaign.

“During this summer vacation, we will visit more American universities and use a variety of rich content to entice the younger generation of Americans to visit China,” Lin Kuang, director of the office, told Xinhua.