Beyond pandas, open doors draw visitors from afar
- Posted on August 26, 2026
- By The China Daily
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Beyond pandas, open doors draw visitors from afar
I walked into the conference room not expecting much. Another tourism promotion event, another PowerPoint deck, another round of polished talking points. But something felt different last month as soon as I stepped into the room where officials from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, told attendees that the city, with thousands of years of history, has much more to offer than its iconic giant pandas.
