HONG KONG – Members of the Hong Kong International Chinese Business Tourism Association visited East China’s Zhejiang province recently to promote tourism exchanges between the two places as well as to select a venue for the association’s upcoming 47th annual meeting.

The delegation conducted on-site inspections in Zhejiang from Friday to Monday to gain an understanding of the local tourism resources, conference-hosting capacity, and overall service standards, according to a new release on the visiting.

The inspection is an important step in deepening cooperation with the tourism industry on the Chinese mainland and injecting new momentum into tourism exchanges between Zhejiang and Hong Kong, said the association.

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The association’s 47th annual meeting and related inspection activities are scheduled to be held in October this year, the new release said.

Established in 1976, the organization now has nearly 400 member travel agencies, with over 80 percent of its members focusing on ticketing and overseas travel services.