The forum for the Year of Tourism 2023 will be held in Ürümqi from November 23 to 26. It's the Chinese Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Zhang Ming, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) secretary-general, made this announcement. On Nov. 11, the SCO press office released a statement.

The SCO proclaimed 2023 to be the Year of Tourism in its member nations. The pandemic's troubles caused the tourist sector to come to a standstill globally.

At the upcoming forum, we plan to raise issues related to the development and implementation of measures in tourism across the SCO space, Zhang Ming said.

The forum may bring together heads of tourism administrations from member states, SCO observers, dialogue partners, international organizations, heads of national tourism companies, representatives of business circles and the media.

The SCO Secretary-General emphasized that Almaty was designated as the cultural and tourist capital of the SCO for 2023-2024.

After taking over the SCO chairmanship in July, Kazakhstan outlined specific plans for developing tourism in the SCO space, Zhang Ming noted.

An international tourism forum which took place in Aktau is among the initiatives they designed to contribute to tourism revival. He added this.