The 2014 China Xi'an Silk Road International Tourism Expo (www.srite.com.cn) will be held from September 19 to 21, 2014, at Xi'an Qujiang International Conference & Exhibition Centre.

The event will involve a total floor space of 20,000 square meters and attract over 500 exhibitors from 30 countries and regions as well as more than 30,000 professional and amateur spectators. As China’s first international large-scale tourism expo with the theme of the Silk Road, the expo will be held once a year starting 2014.

Aiming at promoting inbound and outbound tourism projects and boosting international exchanges and cooperation on Silk Road-themed tourism projects, the tourism expo will focus mainly on such aspects of tourism as image presentation, product development, project negotiation and tourism deals.