Since the "13th Five-Year Plan"

Forest tourist arrivals increase by 15% annually

  Beijing, October 18 (Reporter Chang Qin) The reporter recently learned from the State Forestry and Grassland Administration: Since the "13th Five-Year Plan", the scale of my country's forest tourism industry has grown rapidly. The number of forest tourism tourists has reached 6 billion, with an average annual visitor. The volume reached 1.5 billion, with an average annual growth rate of 15%.

New formats and new products such as forest experience, forest health, and forest recuperation are showing a trend of flourishing.

  Last year, the number of national forest tourism tourists reached 1.8 billion, accounting for nearly 30% of the domestic annual tourist population, creating a comprehensive social output value of 1.75 trillion yuan. Forest tourism has become an important pillar industry of my country's forestry and grass industry and a green industry with great growth potential. .

During the National Day holiday this year, the number of national forest tourists reached 50 million, close to 50% of the same period last year.

According to current trends, national forest tourism is expected to continue its recovery momentum.

  According to calculations, the number of poverty-stricken people who have been registered through forest tourism has increased to 465,000 households and 1.475 million. The number of beneficiaries accounted for 9% of the poverty population. The average annual household income has increased by RMB 5,500. Forest tourism has helped to fight poverty. .