Hunan Selects First 10 Featured Cultural Tourism Industry Towns
 2019-09-29 11:11:00   ENGHUNAN  

On September 22, the first group of Hunan’s 10 towns with featured cultural tourism industries were announced at the 2019 China (Hunan) International Cultural Tourism Festival held in Mangshan Mountain, Yizhang County.



The towns are:

-Wenjia Town of Liuyang City, Changsha City;

-Furong Town of Yongshun County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture;

-Hongjiang Ancient Commercial Town of Hongjiang District, Huaihua City;

-Tongguan Town of Wangcheng District, Changsha City;

-Pingtan Township of Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, Huaihua City;

-Zhangguying Town of Yueyang County, Yueyang City;

-Liye Town of Longshan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture;

-Taohuayuan Town of Taohuayuan Tourism Management Zone, Changde City;

-Guoyuan Town of Changsha County, Changsha City; and,

-Shuiche Town of Xinhua County, Loudi City.

These towns were selected based on their characteristic cultural connotations, effective brand influence, deep integration of culture and tourism, industrial development at certain scale, systematic service construction, and innovative management mechanisms. They were nominated at the municipal and provincial levels, and then underwent expert evaluation, and were finally reviewed and approved at a Hunan provincial government executive conference.

The Hunan Provincial Culture and Tourism Department noted that the building of towns with featured cultural tourism industries will be an important measure to implement a rural revitalization strategy and accelerate cultural tourism industrial growth. The comprehensive cultural tourism revenue of these towns will increase from about 10 billion CNY in 2018 to over 30 billion CNY within three years.

Translator: Yu Jiangjiang