中国演员吴秀波于日前被指派担任2017中澳旅游年形象大使。
Chinese actor Wu Xiubo has been appointed Tourism Australia's Ambassador for the 2017 China-Australia Year of Tourism.
这项任命是由澳大利亚贸易、旅游与投资部长史蒂文·乔博于2月21日宣布的。中国国家旅游局局长李金早出席了该活动。
The appointment was announced by Steven Ciobo, the Australian minister for trade, tourism and investment, on Feb 21. The Chairman of the China National Tourism Administration, Li Jinzao, was present.
乔博部长表示：“今年，无论是在旅游还是在贸易、体育、文化，社会和学术交流方面，中澳两国的关系都将更加紧密，并为进一步合作提供更多机会。”
"This year promises to bring Australia and China closer and provide more opportunities for further engagement, be it in tourism and travel or more broadly in trade, sport and culture or social and academic exchanges," says Ciobo.
“中国是澳大利亚最有价值的旅游市场，到2020年其价值可能超过130亿美元。”
"China is Australia's most valuable tourism market, with the potential to be worth more than $13 billion by 2020."
“去年，有120万中国人来澳大利亚旅游，我们预计这将在中澳旅游年期间增长，并将继续增长。”
"Last year, 1.2 million Chinese visited Australia. We anticipate this will grow during the China-Australia Year of Tourism and will continue to grow afterward."
支持两国之间双向旅游的最新倡议包括以下几点：审查10年旅游签证；安排开放的航空市场服务以消除双方航空公司的所有容量限制；Qantas航空公司于1月推出北京到悉尼的新服务等。
Recent initiatives to support two-way tourism between the two countries include the trial of the 10-year visitor visa; the open aviation market services arrangement which removes all capacity restrictions for airlines on both sides; and a new Beijing to Sydney service by Qantas Airways which was launched in January.