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Where are the Chinese tourist offices abroad? What is their contact information?

China National Tourism Administration Tokyo Office

Address：╤ 105-0001 Air China Building 8F, 2-5-2 Toranomon, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan

Tel：0081-3-35918686

Fax：0081-3-35916886

China National Tourism Administration Osaka Office

Address：╤ 556-0017 OCAT Building 4F, Minatomachi, Naniwa-ku,Osaka, Japan

Tel：0081-6-66353280

Fax：0081-6-66353281

China National Tourist Office, Seoul

Address：(100-706)15F Daeyongak Bldg.,25-5,1-Ka,Chungmu-ro, Chung-ku, Seoul, Korea

Tel：0082-2-7730393

Fax：0082-2-7573210

China National Tourist Office, Singapore

Address：7 Temasek Boulevard, # 12-02A Suntee Tower One, Singapore 038987

Tel：0065-63372220

Fax：0065-63380777

China National Tourist Office, Kathmandu

Address：P.O. Box 3639, Heritage Plaza II, Kamaladi, Kathmandu, Nepal

Tel：00977-1-4255936

Fax：00977-1-4267695

Asia Tourism Exchange Centre Limited

Address：B1, 20/F, Far East Finance Centre,16 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong

Tel：00852-28630000

Fax：00852-28611371

China National Tourist Office, New Delhi

Address：D-64, Malcha Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-110021, India

Tel：0091-11-41680540

Fax：0091-11-41680541

China National Tourist Office, New York

Address：370 LEXINGTON Ave, Suite 912 New York, New York 10017

Tel：001-212-7608218

Fax：001-212-7608809

China National Tourist Office, Los Angeles

Address：550 North Brand Boulevard, Suite 910 Glendale, California 91203

Tel：001-818-5457507

Fax：001-818-5457506

China National Tourist Office, Toronto

Address：480 University Ave., Suite 806 Toronto, Ontario M5G1V2,Canada

Tel：001-416-5996636

Fax：001-416-5996382

China National Tourist Office, London

Address：71, Warwick Road, SW5 9HB,London,UK

Tel：0044-20-73730888

Fax：0044-20-73709989

Office du Tourisme de Chine, Paris

Address：15 Rue de Berri, 75008 Paris France

Tel：0033-1-56591010

Fax：0033-1-53753288

Fremdenverkehrsant der VR China in Frankfurt

Address：Ilkenhansstrasse 6, D-60433 Frankfurt/M Deutschland

Tel：0049-69-520135

Fax：0049-69-528490

China National Tourism Administration Rome Office

Address：Via Nazionale 75,00184 Roma,Italia

Fax：0039-0648913429

Oficina Nacional de Turismo de China en Madrid

Address：Plaza de Espana 18, Edificio Torre Madrid, Oficina 7-13,28008 Madrid

Tel：0034-91-5480011

Fax：0034-91-5480597

Fremdenverkehrsamt der VR China in Zürich

Address：Genfer-Strasse 21, CH-8002 Zürich, Schweiz

Tel：0041-1-2018877

Fax：0041-1-2018878

China National Tourist Office, Moscow

Address：Krzhizhanovskogo Str.14,3, Moscow, 117218, Russia

Tel：007-495-645-02-69

Fax：007-495-642-87-67

China National Tourist Office, Sydney

Address：11th Floor, 234 George Street, Sydney, NSW2000, Australia

Tel：0061-2-92529838

Fax：0061-2-92522728

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Italy and China are two nations with a long, venerable, and complex history. These two countries came into contact with each other in ancient times: suffice it to mention Marco Polo or Matteo Ricci, respectively an explorer and a missionary, who travelled to the East in the XIII and XVI centuries and were among the first to meticulously describe China to the West.

The official diplomatic relations between Italy and China started many years after the first contacts between the two cultures: in 1970, Italy officially recognized the People’s Republic of China as a country by breaking its formal relations with the Republic of China. The two countries celebrated 50 years of diplomatic relations last year. On this occasion, they decided to set up the “Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism”, a year full of events and activities aimed at boosting cooperation, travelling, and people-to-people exchange.

The opening event was held in January 2020 and started with a Forum called “International cooperation in the tourism and cultural sector by Italy and China: a new outlook”, aimed at discussing sustainable tourism, and the changing touristic behaviours in the Age of Internet (Farnesina, 2020). This opening Forum kicked off “a programme of shows and events for promoting culture and tourism taking place during the whole year” (Farnesina, 2020), both in Chinese and Italian cities: art exhibitions, cooking events, music and dance performances, and much more. The focus of the discussion during the Forum was also on “how to broaden the number of UNESCO sites included in the tourist itineraries” (Farnesina, 2020). The two countries precisely hold 55 UNESCO heritage sites each (UNESCO, 2021), more than any other country in the world, and have a varied and worldwide famous culinary tradition: for these reasons, they attract many tourists from all over the world, or rather, they used to. Due to the pandemic outbreak and the consequent travel bans, tourism and cultural exchange were brought to a standstill and the above-listed events designed to promote exchange and tourism did not take place.

However, these events have been rescheduled and will be held in 2022. In December 2020, the Italian Ambassador in Beijing, Luca Ferrari, and the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Hu Heping, discussed the importance of boosting the Sino-Italian bilateral cooperation in the coming years, jointly promoting sustainable tourism, and encouraging travel to their respective heritages (Toschi, 2020). As outlined in an article on the website Cina in Italia , the idea to postpone the “Year of Culture and Tourism” has become the symbol of Italy’s and China’s will to pursue their cooperation (Toschi, 2020). Giovannini on CGTN, similarly, stresses that the anniversary for the year of tourism and culture “remains a demonstration of the common intent to maintain an important people-to-people exchange between two of the world's most important civilizations.” (Giovannini, 2020).

In the following sections, I will explore some figures on tourism and the most famous “twin towns”. I will conclude with some remarks and considerations.

Tourism in figures

In terms of tourism, the two countries show positive bilateral trends. However, since data regarding Italian tourism in China are not easily accessible, this part will focus on China-to-Italy tourism.

Before the pandemic outburst, the data on tourist arrivals from China were encouraging and basically stable. According to the data published by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), in 2016 the Chinese touristic presences in Italy were 4.5 million, in 2017 they were above 5 million, and they reached 5.3 million in 2018 (ISTAT, 2020). The overall tourist number from China to Italy topped 5.355 million in 2019. Italy is the fifth country in Europe in terms of arrivals from China, after the UK, France, Germany, and Russia (Fondi, 2020). As far as what concerns the destinations, “Chinese tourists are beginning to branch out from the more touristy destinations of Rome, Venice, and Milan. Island tours of Sardinia and Sicily have become more popular recently” (Lubin, 2019).

Tourism from the city of Chongqing represents an interesting case: Italy opened its Consulate in Chongqing in 2014, and in 2019 a big percentage – higher than the previous years – of Chinese tourists came precisely from that city (Fondi, 2020). This is an indication that diplomatic offices such as Embassies, Consulates, or Italian Cultural Institutes can play a relevant role in the promotion of cultural exchange and tourism.

People exchange clearly suffered a setback in the past year and a half, not only because of travel bans, but also because China strongly promoted domestic tourism. However, an article published on Xinhua in September 2020, presenting the views of various experts on the touristic sector, claims that China will play a significant role in Italian tourism when the sector recovers (Xinhua, 2020). These predictions are particularly interesting since, “according to data from the Bank of Italy, Chinese travellers have a larger-than-average economic impact when measured on a per-capita basis” (Xinhua, 2020).

There are several examples of twin towns between Italy and China. The three oldest pairs are Milan-Shanghai (established in 1979), Florence-Nanjing (1980), and Venice-Suzhou (1980). Normally the pairings are made according to the existing similarities between the cities. Milan and Shanghai are respectively Italy and China’s fashion capitals and economic hubs. Florence and Nanjing were both capitals in ancient times and are filled with scenic spots and ancient buildings. Finally, Suzhou’s ancient part is characterized by canals, bridges, and narrow streets that remind of Venice’s structure, to such an extent that this East-China metropolis was nicknamed “The Venice of the East” (dōngfāng de wēinísī 东方的威尼斯). This kind of relation between cities is important to encourage cooperation in various sectors (education, tourism, culture, etc.) and to promote people-to-people exchange.

Concluding Remarks

Cultural and touristic exchange belongs to a wider framework of bilateral relations and is inevitably influenced by the general political trends. These concerns are outlined on China Files in the interview with Claudia Ye, legal representative of Shenzhou Travel, a travel agency based in Milan. She believes that, even when the worst part of the health emergency is over, if China does not trust Europe, Chinese tourists will not come back (China Files, 2021). For this reason, territory promotion, as much as the official events planned by the Italian and Chinese Ministries of Foreign Affairs, assume an extremely important role in preserving – and boosting – tourism and people-to-people exchange.

The touristic sector is an important one to cherish: it not only gives work to many people, but also plays a role in raising mutual understanding and familiarity between different countries. As stressed by Saggese, a self-employed consultant and author whose statement can be found on Xinhua, “the more Chinese tourists come to Italy and the more Italians travel to China, the closer the two countries become on a human level” (Xinhua, 2020).

Maria Elena Sassaroli is a master’s double degree student in International Relations at University of Turin and Beijing Foreign Studies University , currently interning at the Italian Consulate in Adelaide. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Chinese language and culture at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and spent some time in China as an exchange student at Suzhou University and Chengdu’s Sichuan University . She is passionate about China-India relations, China-EU relations, and China’s domestic policy. You can find her on Instagram as @mariaelenastone or on LinkedIn .

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Tourist offices in Rome

Where to get tourist information in rome, italy, the main tourist office.

The official A.P.T. tourist office is at Via Parigi 5 ( tel . +39-06-3600-4399 or +39-06-488-991; www.turismoroma.it or, for a searchable database of everything tourist-related in Rome, www.060608.it ).

It's about a 5-minute walk straight out from Stazione Termini train station , across several piazze and traffic circles, just beyond Piazza della Repubblica and up to the the right. It's open Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm.

For general information, call tel . +39-06-060-608.

Tourism info kiosks around town

More conveniently, Rome also has 14 tourist info kiosks (most open daily 9:30am–7:15pm) dispensing maps and pamphlets and selling RomaPass sightseeing card and tickets for tourist buses and Tiber boats at the following locations:

At major transport hubs

• Fiumicino airport , at the International Arrivals Terminal 3 [which until 2010 was called Terminal B–C] (open daily 8am–7:30pm).
• Ciampino airport , at the baggage claim (open daily 9am–6:30pm).
• Termini train station , at track 24 (technical address: Via Giovanni Giolitti 34; open daily 8am–8:30pm)
• Tiburtina train station, opening soon.

In the historic center

• Fori Imperiali , not a kiosk but an office on Via dei Fori Imperiali, just across from the location of the hulking Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum , between Largo Corrado Ricci and Piazza del Colosseo, just down from the Imperial Fori and up fom the Colosseum (open daily 9:30am–7:15pm)
• Minghetti, on Via Marco Minghetti, about halfway between the Pantheon and Trevi Fountain near the Piazza Venezia end of Via del Corso (open daily 9:30am–7:15pm)
• Piazza Navona , on Piazza delle Cinque Lune (open daily 9:30am–7:15pm)
• Touring Club, in the new offices of Italy's premier automobile association, Piazza SS. Apostoli 23–65, just off the NE corner of Piazza Venezia (open Mon–Sat 10am–12:30pm and 3-7pm, Sun 10am–1pm)
• Portico d'Ottavia, in the Jewish Ghetto at Via di Santa Maria del Pianto 1/Via Portico d'Ottavia a few E blocks of Largo Argentina (open daily 8am–6pm; closed Jewish holidays)
• Barberini, at Via di San Basilio 51, near Via di Bascilia, a long block NE of Piazza Barberini (open Mon-Fri 9:30am–7pm)

Across the Tiber (Vatican/Trastevere)

• Castel Sant'Angelo , on Piazza Pia (open daily 9:30am–7:15pm)
• San Pietro , on Largo del Colonnato at the intersection with Via dei Corridori, just NE of the collonade around St. Peter's Square (to the right, if you are facing St. Peter's ) (open daily 9am–5pm)

South of Termini (Esquiline/Viminal)

• Nazionale, on Via Nazionale in front of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni (open daily 9:30am–:157pm)
• Santa Maria Maggiore , on Via dell'Olmata (open daily 9:30am–7pm)

At the beach

• Ostia Lido , on Lungomare Paolo Toscanelli at the corner with piazza Anco Marzio (open daily 9:30am–7:15pm)

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• Bus to center: 40, 64 (Tiber Bend, Vatican); 170 (Ancient Rome, Aventine); 71, 492 (Tridente, Upper Tiber Bend)
• Metro to center: A (to Spagna or Flaminio); B (to Colosseo or Circo Massimo)
• Driving/parking
• Sabait.it (Villa Borghese garage and others; €18/day)
• Atac.roma.it (outlying commuter parking lots; from €5 per day)
• Agenziamobilita.roma.it (more on the ZTL and Rome driving rules)
• Autoeurope.com
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• Emergency service/tow: tel . 803-116
• Highway agency: Autostrade.it (traffic info, serivce areas, toll calculator, weather)
• Italian automotive club (~AAA): Aci.it
• ZTLs: Ztl-italia.blogspot.com (lightly outdated, but handy, links to cities' traffic-free zones)

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Longer tours.

• Intrepidtravel.com
• Gadventures.com
• Regional & long-distance bus (coach) info
• Orariautobus.it
• Italybus.it
• Oraribus.com
• Rome cruise terminal
• Civitavecchiaport.org (Civitavecchia)
• Shore excursions & Rome tours
• Shoretrips.com
• Transport Rome airport—cruise terminal
• Private car (60–80 min; €29): Viator.com
• Bus (60–80 min; €4.30): Cotralspa.it
• Train (90–120 min, changing at a Rome station; €11–€29): Trenitalia.com
• Taxi/limo (60–80 min; €115–€220): Civitavecchiaport.org
• Transport Rome downtown—cruise terminal
• Train (50–95 min; €5–€15): Trenitalia.com
• Taxi/limo (60–80 min; €125–€250): Civitavecchiaport.org
• Cruisedirect.com
• Expedia.com
• Cruisecompete.com
• Onlinevacationcenter.com
• Vacationstogo.com
• iCruise.com
• Cruisecritic.com
• Cruisemates.com
• Smallshipcruises.com
• Traghettilines.it
• Traghetti.com
• Aferry.co.uk
• Directferries.com
• Traghettionline.com
• Navigazionelaghi.it (lakes)

Planning your day : Rome wasn't built in a day, and you'd be hard-pressed to see it in that brief a time as well. Still, you can cram a lot into just a day or three.

To help you get the most out of your limited time in the Eternal City, here are some perfect itineraries , whether you have one , two , three , or four days to spend in Rome. » Rome itineraries

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China Tourism Office in Rome presents short videos on cultural heritage

The China Tourism Office in Rome is presenting a series of short bilingual videos on intangible cultural heritage through various social media platforms. The videos center around items such as Kunqu Opera, taichi and guqin, showcasing their contemporary resonance.

Kunqu Opera incorporates songs in the Suzhou dialect, body movement, martial arts and dance. The performance involves expression of specific emotions with exacting attention to detail.

Taichi is popular among people of all ages, genders and ethnicities in China. Its benefits for physical and mental health have also attracted enthusiasts worldwide.

Guqin, a traditional musical instrument, was highly favored by scholars and literati in ancient China. One of the most classic guqin pieces is High Mountain and Flowing Water , which is associated with the legendary friendship between a guqin musician Yu Boya and his biggest fan Zhong Ziqi.

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China Tourism Office in Rome and Air China Held Tourism Promotion in Naples, Italy

From March 16 to 18, 2023 Italian Naples Mediterranean Tourism Expo was held in Naples, Italy. The China Tourism Office in Rome and Air China participated in the fair, jointly creating a comprehensive booth of "cultural tourism plus aviation", and sending out an invitation to Italian travelers and tourists to "travel to beautiful China in the blossom of spring" in the form of integrated promotion of aviation tourism. "The invitation was extended to Italian travelers and tourists.

During the 3-day expo, the China Tourism Office in Rome brought promotional materials and creative products of Chinese tourism, and many Italian people were at the booth to learn more about Chinese tourism products and air ticket information. The Chinese Tourism Office in Rome held business negotiations with several Italian travel agents and introduced China's inbound tourism policy to local people through Italian media such as Marco Polo Travel TV.

Recently, the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced the second batch of pilot countries to resume outbound group travel and "air ticket plus hotel" business, and Italy was listed among them, and the trend of the China-Italy tourism market is positive. This time, the Chinese Tourism Office in Rome and Air China participated in the activity, fully demonstrating China's cultural and tourism image and airline products, and blowing the trumpet for releasing the vitality of the China-Italy tourism market.

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Tourist Information Offices Rome

Offices of the Tourist Information Office of Rome (PIT) are located in the airports, in the main train station and in some important points of the city.

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Official Tourist Information PIT

The official points of Rome Tourist Information (PIT) mainly promote the Roma Pass , a discount card for 48h or 72h public transport with one or two free entries to Roman museums. You can buy tickets and guided tours and pick up your pre-ordered Roma Pass. Here are the addresses:

• Tourist Information Fiumicino, Aeroporto Leonardo Da Vinci – Arrivals Terminal 3 8.30 – 18.00.
• Tourist Information Ciampino, Flughafen G.B.Pastine – Arrivals outside the area of the baggage belts 8.30 – 18.00.
• Tourist Information Termini, Termini train station – Via Giovanni Giolitti 34, near track 24 8.00 – 19.00.
• Tourist Information Fori Imperiali, Via dei Fori Imperiali (diagonally across from the Colosseum) 9.30-19.00.
• Tourist Information Castel Sant’Angelo, Piazza Pia, winter 8.30 – 18.00, summer 9.30 – 19.00.
• Tourist Information Minghetti, Via Marco Minghetti (corner Via del Corso) 9.30 – 19.00.

Private tourist information

In addition to the tourist information of the Municipality of Rome, there is a private concessionaire. Various services are offered. The information points also have public sanitary facilities .

These are the private information points:

• Piazza Navona: Via Giuseppe Zanardelli
• Piazza di San Giovanni
• Viale Carlo Felice
• Porta Maggiore
• Santa Maria Maggiore: Piazza dell’Esquilino
• Testaccio: Piazza di Santa Maria Liberatrice

For your orientation we have marked the different information points in this city map: