A dozen cooperation projects, worth 1.4 billion Yuan (220 million dollars) were signed by government authorities and companies in the first China-Mongolia Expo in Hohhot, capital of the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, north of this territory, on Sunday.
The initiatives include the development of cross-border tourist itineraries and training of tourism personnel and the building of hotels.
This trilateral cooperation plan also comprises a route connecting Hohhot, Ulan Bator, Ulan-Ude and Irkutsk.
The cross-border tourism is an important part and is a significant platform of the China-Mongolia-Russia economic corridor, stated the director of the Tourism Administration of Inner Mongolia, Wei Guonan. In 2014, Inner Mongolia received 810,000 tourists from Mongolia and 630,000 Russians, according to data of the government institution.
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