There are many trees and lush grass. During the May Day holiday, many tourists choose to wander among the beautiful green waters and green mountains to experience the beautiful scenery of the great rivers and mountains of the motherland. “Clean your lungs” in the tropical rainforest, relax in the characteristic countryside, and walk through the lush forests… During the holidays, tourism operators launch a number of eco-tourism products for rainforest tours, rural tours, etc., to provide people with better holiday life. multiple choice.
On May 1 this year, the No. 1 Scenic Byway of Wuyishan National Park, with a total length of approximately 251 kilometers, officially started operation. The scenic road focuses on displaying the most important natural ecosystem, the most unique natural landscape, the most essential natural heritage, and the richest biodiversity in Wuyishan National Park, as well as Zhuzi culture, tea culture, Minyue culture, Jianzhan Jianben, Song Ci culture and other cultural landscapes.
“The scenic road has driven the development of B&Bs in the village, and all our rooms are fully booked,” said Chen Jinhui, owner of Yuhui Binglv B&B in Nanyuanling Village. As a village along the No. 1 Scenic Route of Wuyishan National Park, Nanyuanling has a total of 180 B&Bs, and more and more villagers are finding employment and increasing income at their doorstep.
Industry experts believe that this scenic road will expand the tourism market radius of Wuyi Mountain, further release the overflow advantages of Wuyi Mountain as a world natural and cultural heritage and the location of the first batch of national parks, and form a mutually reinforcing and complementary pattern within the greater Wuyi City; linkage The surrounding world natural heritage and world geoparks are located to build an interconnected tourism community and open up the internal circulation of regional tourism.
It is understood that during this year’s May Day holiday, the first season of the 2024 Hainan Qiongzhong “Rainforest Crossing” Automobile and Motorcycle Series, the 2024 Hainan Qiongzhong Tropical Rainforest Mountain Bike Challenge and other activities will also gradually enter the tropical rainforest, providing The original ecological landscape injects endless vitality.
Huang Wenbin, secretary-general of the Hainan Rural Resort Tourism Association, said: “Hainan's rural tourism resources are rich and diverse. This holiday, various rural tourist spots will organize various activities and promote rural tourism routes to let more tourists understand and love Hainan's customs. Favor.
“From the north and south of the Yangtze River to the inside and outside of the Great Wall, people are traveling everywhere. Tourism carries the people's yearning for a better life.” Dai Bin, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and president of the China Tourism Academy, said, “Tourism has become an important part of people's better life. , holidays are an important window period for observing the operation of the tourism economy and the prosperity of the tourism market.
During this year’s May Day holiday, people are very enthusiastic about traveling. Data released by the Ministry of Transport shows that on May 1, the number of cross-regional personnel movements across society was 315.742 million, an increase of 54.7% from the previous quarter, an increase of 30.3% from the same period in 2019, and an increase of 16% from the same period in 2023. On May 1, the country's railways carried 20.693 million passengers, setting a record high in single-day passenger traffic. On May 2, railways across the country are expected to carry 17 million passengers, and plan to operate 1,094 additional passenger trains.
From national parks to rural tourism, eco-tourism has become the choice of many tourists – Wuwei, Gansu has planned three ecological sightseeing tour routes for tourists, covering reservoirs, ecological cultural tourism areas, wetland parks, botanical gardens and other locations. Shandong Dongying focuses on “Ecological Dongying”, and places such as Lancui Lake Tourist Resort, Red Beach Wetland, and Picking Garden satisfy tourists' yearning for nature. With the opening of the 2024 Qinling Ecological Culture Tourism Festival, many tourists came to “check in” at major scenic spots such as Niubeiliang National Forest Park, Zhongnan Mountain Village, Zhashui Cave, and Jinsi Gorge in Shangluo, Shaanxi Province.
Recently, the State Council issued “Several Measures to Release the Potential of Tourism Consumption and Promote High-Quality Development of the Tourism Industry”, which requires the rational use of national parks, nature reserves, scenic spots, forest parks, wetland parks, etc. in accordance with laws and regulations on the basis of strict protection. Desert parks, geological parks and other natural ecological resources, and actively develop ecological tourism products such as forest health care, ecological sightseeing, and natural education.
In recent years, Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park has actively explored effective ways to achieve the unification of ecological protection, green development, and improvement of people's livelihood. Wangxia Township in Changjiang Li Autonomous County prepared and implemented the “Wangxia Township Ecotourism Development Plan” to improve the living standards of villagers and at the same time increase the forest coverage rate within the township's jurisdiction to 98.5%.
“The forest is a reservoir, a grain store, a money storehouse, and even a carbon storehouse. We will adhere to ecological priority and green development, and promote win-win situations between ecological protection and community development.” said the relevant person in charge of the Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Administration.
Wuyishan National Park explores models such as “tea-forest” and “tea-grass” to guide tea farmers to transform ecological tea gardens – the national park provides seedlings for free, encourages interplanting of precious tree species such as nanmu, yew, and ginkgo, and exploits opportunities according to different seasons. Interplanting green manures such as milkvetch, soybeans, and rapeseed flowers, and supplementing them with green prevention and control technologies, enriches the biodiversity of tea gardens, effectively maintains the ecological balance of tea gardens, reduces management costs, and improves tea quality.
“By 2035, China will basically build the world's largest national park system, with a total area of approximately 1.1 million square kilometers. The primary task of national parks is to implement strict protection measures, protect the authenticity and integrity of natural ecosystems, and promote the development of landscapes and landscapes. The integrated protection and restoration of forest, field, lake, grass and sand safeguard the overall interests of the country and the long-term interests of the sustainable development of the Chinese nation. The new generation of information technology characterized by digitization, networking and intelligence establishes scientific management and protection methods. The management and monitoring system transforms and upgrades traditional protection methods to achieve perception, interconnection and intelligent management.
“Promoting the construction of national parks with high quality will not only help maintain the integrity, authenticity, and sustainability of the ecosystem, protect biodiversity, and improve the quality of the regional ecological environment, but also provide high-quality ecological products and develop eco-tourism, thus driving regional development. Economic growth and improvement of people's well-being to achieve 'ecological common prosperity'.
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