Forest tourism market ushered in peak season
Since the reopening of the cross-provincial team travel business on July 14, the summer travel and leisure life that people yearn for is gradually returning. Forest parks, wetland parks, desert parks, characteristic forest towns and other forest tourist destinations are very popular. In the hot summer, the forest tourism market ushered in the peak season.
The vigorous development of forest tourism industry has changed the economic development mode and lifestyle of tourist destinations, making mountains greener, water cleaner, and people richer, realizing the organic unity of ecological beauty and people’s wealth, vividly confirming that "green water and green mountains are Jinshan Yinshan".
Forest tourist arrivals have doubled in the past 5 years
In midsummer, it is located in the small town of Pianxin, a forest tourism characteristic town in Lintang Township, Longnan County, Jiangxi Province. The tea trees all over the mountains extend to the top of the mountain on the hillside surrounded by bamboo forests. The air is filled with the fragrance of tea, which is refreshing. Walking among the tea forests, passing through a several hundred-meter-long flower road, in the antique oil press, tofu workshop, god wine workshop, earth kiln chicken workshop, tea oil, yuba, rice wine, rice cakes and other Hakkas Folklore attracts tourists to stop and experience.
Adjacent to Qianxin Town, Longnannan Wudang Mountain Mengli Taoxiang Tourist Scenic Spot. Tourists got on the small sightseeing train with great interest, shuttled through the peach forest, enjoying the fun of the garden, participating in the "Peach Blossom and Flowing Water Mandarin Fish Fertilizer" fishing competition, the peach blossom secret spot, Huangrong, Taoyuan lantern riddles and other unique activities. Then come to Taoxin Square to participate in the Peach Blossom Hakka Banquet, taste Hakka snacks and Hakka rice wine.
In Longsheng County, Guangxi, Longji Terraced Fields National Wetland Park attracts tourists from all over the world with its unique landscape of rice fields, forests and rivers. Longsheng County has built the entire county as a large forest. According to the distribution characteristics of the resources of various ethnic villages and the interdependence of forest tourism resources, the spatial structure of the forest tourism poverty alleviation area is planned as "one heart and four corridors". The ring line promotes the joint development of 8 townships in the county, covering an area of 1,500 square kilometers, accounting for 59.1% of the county's area.
Relying on forest tourism, the local people have started the tourism "golden rice bowl". "In the past two years, my farm restaurant business has been booming. During the peak tourist season, I can receive more than 20 tables of guests and have an annual net income of more than 150,000 yuan." said Pan Hongmei, a 50-year-old villager in Jinjiang Village, Longji Town, Longsheng County.
In the development of forest tourism, many areas read the "green" scripture well, write ecological articles, guard the green waters and mountains, and explore a green sustainable development path relying on ecological resources.
According to data from the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, in recent years, China’s forest tourism has maintained a rapid growth trend. The number of national forest tourism tourists has increased from 910 million in 2014 to 1.8 billion in 2019. The number of tourists has doubled in five years. The proportion of domestic tourists has continued to grow steadily; in 2019, national forest tourism will create a comprehensive social output value of 1.75 trillion yuan.
"Green water and green mountains" gradually become "Golden Mountain and Silver Mountain"
“After hiring an ecological forest ranger, you can not only take care of the young and old at home, but you can also do temporary work nearby, plant and breed at home, and earn 2,000 to 3,000 yuan a month. It’s great.” Living in Bingwai Village, Libo County, Guizhou Said Liang Kaimin, the ecological forest ranger of.
In order to strengthen the management and protection of existing ecological resources and promote poverty-stricken households out of poverty, Libo County officially selected 4230 ecological forest rangers from the county’s registered poor households, paying 10,000 yuan per person per year, benefiting 17,765 poor people. people. The ecological forest ranger system not only helps the poor households who have established files to increase their income and get rid of poverty, it also strengthens the power of ecological management and protection, forming a virtuous circle of "protecting the ecology and helping the poor, getting rid of poverty and protecting the forests better."
Located on the bank of Dajin Lake, the Forest House of Shuiji Village, Taining County, Sanming City, Fujian Province, is one of the first demonstration sites of forest people in Fujian Province, and is a pioneer in the development of forest tourism in a group style in Fujian. In recent years, under the leadership of the local party branch and relying on good ecological development of forest tourism, the Shuiji Village Forest Family has formed an industrial development model of "1 branch + 3 associations" to promote ecological industrialization and industrial ecologicalization. At present, this model of group development to promote precision poverty alleviation has been widely promoted in Fujian Province.
The sustainable development of forest tourism has achieved obvious stage results in promoting poverty alleviation and development. "Green water and green mountains" have gradually become "Golden Mountains and Silver Mountains", and more people have eaten "ecological meals" and "tourist meals", and they can escape poverty. Well off.
According to the calculations of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, in 2018, the number of registered poverty-stricken people who achieved increased income through forest tourism reached 464,400 households and 1.475 million, with an average annual increase of 5526 yuan.
"Various natural parks are the main carriers for the benefit of the poor. Among them, 225,700 poverty-stricken households have been documented to generate income by relying on the construction and development of forest tourism sites such as forest parks and wetland parks, accounting for the total number of forest tourism poverty alleviation households. 48.6% of the total, an average annual household income increase of 6580 yuan; relying on other natural resources such as forests to develop forest tourism directly or indirectly realize the benefits of 238,700 poor households, accounting for 51.4% of the total number of forest tourism poverty alleviation households. The income was increased by 4,963 yuan." The official of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration said.
Transition from tourism-oriented to multi-business integration development
In the past, China’s forest tourism products were monotonous and similar and lacking in characteristics, which could only meet the sightseeing tourism needs of “walking horses and flowers” and “getting here”. It was difficult to meet the diverse needs of people for sightseeing, vacation, and health care, and could not be retained. Tourists.
Cheng Hong, director of the State-owned Forest Farm and Seedling Management Department of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, pointed out that the development of forest tourism requires vigorous promotion of the "four major transformations", namely, the transformation of forest tourism form from "seeing the scenery" to "living life", and the development of forest tourism from " "Industrialization model" is transformed to "ecological model", forest tourism economy is transformed from "single ticket" to "comprehensive industry", and forest tourism management is transformed from "rough" to "fine".
Under the general situation of industrial upgrading, all localities strive to abandon the single "ticket economy" approach, combine forest tourism with forest planting industry, outdoor sports industry, etc., and promote the transformation of forest tourism from sightseeing tourism to multi-business integration.
Hubei Luotian County integrates resources to build national forest parks and other forest tourism parks, builds more than 20 forest tourist attractions focusing on forestry sightseeing, picking, and experience, and establishes a global forest tourism pattern; excavates in Guizhou Village, Lin'an District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province Forest red leaf culture, creating a "red leaf town" and "forest home" to drive villagers' income; Anhui Huangfu Mountain National Forest Park develops forest tourism that integrates nature education, red education, outdoor recreation, and sightseeing and leisure, and builds health and recreation, Forest eco-tourism resorts with integrated services such as historic site search, red tourism, Zen cultural experience, agriculture and forestry experience, and forest outdoor sports have taken a new path of integrated development.
"In the development of forest tourism, it is necessary to focus on the main scenic spots, integrate the surrounding natural ecology, rural customs, folklore, and human history to create a core circle, auxiliary circle and expansion circle of forest life that are connected and rely on each other, and truly form a strong living atmosphere. 'Tourism community.'" Cheng Hong said.
(Our reporter Li Hui)