First tourist train linking China’s Xi’an, Kazakhstan’s Almaty inaugurated

A tourist train departed from northwest China’s Shaanxi Province on Thursday for Almaty, Kazakhstan, marking the debut of the China-Central Asia international tourist train and a new step in cultural and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries. The special train service is one of the key outcomes of the first China-Central Asia Summit held in Xi’an in 2023. This year, which marks China Tourism Year in Kazakhstan, will see the second summit held in Kazakhstan.