MOFCOM and seven other agencies issued measures to deepen market-based operation
of tourist trains, encouraging tourism firms and railway operators to jointly
design tourism-train products. The notice encourages capable localities to
develop themed trains with regional cultural features as local tourism
signatures, actively promotes design and development of cross-border
tourist-train products for China–Laos, China–Kazakhstan, China–Vietnam and
China–Russia routes, and calls for study and design of tourist-train offerings
tailored to inbound visitors to boost the international competitiveness of rail
tourism.
