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A special bicycle tour from Seoul, Korea, to Beijing, China, organized by the
members of the World Tourism Organization (WTO-headquarters in Madrid Spain) will help to commemorate the 15th World Tourism Organization
General Assembly, which will be held in Beijing in October 2003.
Since Seoul was one of the host venue cities of the 14th WTO General
Assembly in September 2001 in partnership with Osaka in Japan, this 2003
cycling tour will symbolize the importance of the WTO in the East Asian region.
In 2001 the " Seoul Osaka Bicycle Tour" - the first bicycle tour linking the two
countries - connected the cities of Seoul and Osaka which co-hosted the
14th WTO General Assembly. That was followed last year by the "2002 China
Bicycle Tour" linking Mongolia with China as part of the event titled "Bike in
China". The 2003 Seoul-Beijing bicycle tour will be the third international
cycling event to be held on these lines.
According to the organizers, this is an international bicycle event for
everyone, amateur and professional, men and women, young and old, to
enjoy and share the experience under the WTO slogan of "Peace through Tourism". It is designed in the spirit of the World Tourism organization
(WTO) philosophy, which is dedicated to combine the concepts of "Tourism", "Sports" and "Peace".
Each participant will travel by cycle, supported by surface transportation
such as coach (bus), train and boat, sharing the experience by interacting
with local people and enjoying the culture, history and sightseeing along the
route.
The itinerary of the 2003 Seoul Beijing Bicycle Tour will travel through the
northwest region of Korea for the first two days starting from Seoul, stopping over at an old Korean Buddhist Temple. It then moves to
Dalian, China from Incheon, Korea by ferry boat. The tour continues from Dalian to
Shenyang by way of Zhanghe, Dangdong (Liaoning Sheng Province, Northeast China) and then transfers to an overnight train to Beijing for the
Final run near the capital.
This event will be organized by "2003 Seoul Osaka Bicycle Tour
Secretariat", which consists of Japan Airlines, Hanjin Travel, Shenyang Overseas International Travel Service Co Ltd., Korean Bicycle Team
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