WUHAN, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — Fifty cultural tourism projects with a total contract value of 51 billion yuan (about 7.2 billion U.S. dollars) were signed in central China’s Hubei Province during an international conference of travel agents held on Sunday.

Travel agents from major domestic tourist cities and nearly 30 countries and regions that are key sources of inbound tourists to China, as well as leaders of domestic key tourism groups, attended the conference, aiming to boost the recovery of Chinese inbound tourism sector and make Hubei a world-class tourist destination.

During the conference, 17 urban regions in the province signed 50 cultural tourism projects with a total investment estimated at 59.5 billion yuan.

Hubei also launched five boutique itineraries for international travel during the event, covering its famous Shennongjia World Heritage Site, Wudang Mountain and the Three Gorges.

With the theme of developing cross-border tourism and enhancing mutual learning between civilizations, the 2024 Global Travel Agents Conference in Hubei was organized by the provincial department of culture and tourism and the municipal government of Hubei. Shiyan city, attracting more than 300 participants.