Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily (Reporter Zhang Xiaomi) news: On October 27, 2024, the "A Date with China · Meet Xinjiang" media tour came to a successful end. Before leaving Xinjiang, Syed Agha Hassnain Mohsan, a Pakistani content creator, posted his feelings about this trip on WeChat moments and other social media, saying that Xinjiang is a beautiful place with hospitable people, charming scenery, and rich culture; when you come to Xinjiang, you will fall in love with it.

Photo shows content creators take photos with performers in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo by Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily/ Zhang Xiaomi)

On this trip, content creators from nine countries, including Canada, the United States, Belgium, Russia, and Italy, visited scenic spots, museums, enterprises, and characteristic villages in Aksu Prefecture and Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and they were impressed. They shared their experiences and feelings with their followers around the world through words, images, and videos, enabling more people to understand the real Xinjiang.

The wonderful autumn scenery in Xinjiang, such as the scenery of the towering Tianshan Mountains and the splendid Bosten Lake, has made Fabio Nodari, an Italian content creator, enjoy himself so much that he forgot to leave. He said that Xinjiang is so beautiful and vast that no amount of memory can capture it all. 

This is Fabio's second visit to Xinjiang. And this trip has not yet ended; he is already looking forward to his third trip to Xinjiang. As a content creator who mainly records scenery, he hopes to attract followers from various countries to come to China’s Xinjiang, and see this beauty with their own eyes.

Photo shows foreign content creators chat with a local and take photos in Qiuci Alley, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Photo by Shiliuyun-Xinjiang Daily/ Zhang Xiaomi)

Noel Sirerol Gonzalez, a Spanish content creator, has more than one million followers on his TikTok account. When he went to university in Barcelona, he majored in East Asian Studies, and he chose China as his subject of interest. And he could introduce himself fluently in Chinese.

Although it was his first time in Xinjiang, Noel Sirerol Gonzalez felt at home here. He enjoyed immersing himself in the local people's lives, chatting with the owners of coffee shops and cultural and creative shops, learning from inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, and drinking tea and dancing with local residents. Noel said that through chatting with local people and seeing their bright smiles, he could feel the happy life of the local people. And he plans to organize a large amount of footage from this trip after returning, and show his real feelings about Xinjiang through his lens. He also hopes to visit Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture the next time he comes to Xinjiang.

In addition to enjoying natural scenery, the journey also includes winery tours, city walks, immersive experiences, photo-shooting tour, and intangible cultural heritage song and dance experiences. Through these activities, content creators from various countries fully experience the rapid development of Xinjiang tourism and the constantly enriching new formats and products. Fernando Munoz Bernal, a Colombian content creator, said that he has already posted several videos on his social media and can't wait to showcase this diverse, open, and confident Xinjiang.

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