China chalks out new 5-yr plan to boost culture, tourismChina's Ministry of Culture and Tourism has released the 14th five-year plan for the development of various sectors, laying out the overall requirements, development goals, major tasks and measures for the 2021-2025 period. The plan sets out the major tasks of developing culture and tourism, including advancing social civility; establishing artistic creation systems for a new era; improving the protection, inheritance and utility of cultural heritage; and enhancing the modern tourism system. The Ministry will continue to upgrade the structure of the cultural industry and promote the employment of new technologies and digitisation.In a usual year, domestic tourism accounts for 54 percent of the overall travel economy for Azerbaijan. When coronavirus hit the country, the international borders were closed, for inbound travelers, domestic tourism became crucial like never before.Azerbaijan Tourism Board in 2020 introduced the new campaign, “Macera Yaxindadir” — translating to “Adventure is Near”. It tried to give confidence to the Azerbaijanis to discover the rich and diverse offerings of their country, from the prehistoric petroglyphs of Gobustan and the Sheki Khans' Palace, to hiking in the Caucasus Mountains and the ever-burning patches of Yanardag.Azerbaijan re-writes its domestic tourism strategy26 TTW World