China News Service, Yichang, March 5 (Dong Xiaobin, Zhang Fazhi, Zhu Canyi) The 2021 Yichang Rural Tourism Launching Ceremony and the Opening Ceremony of the Sixth Yidu Peach Blossom Festival were held on the 5th in Jiaguoshan Village, Zhicheng Town, Yidu City. People from Hubei and surrounding provinces and cities More than a thousand tourists came to enjoy the flowers and outings.

"The start of rural tourism will have a positive impact on promoting rural economic development, broadening the channels for farmers to increase income, and improving the civilized quality of villagers." said Tan Jianguo, secretary of the Hubei Yidu Municipal Party Committee.

　　Yidu is located at the junction of the three provinces of Hubei, Chongqing and Hunan, surrounded by the Yangtze River and Qingjiang River, and is known as the "Three Gorges Gate City".

In recent years, Yidu has promoted the integrated development of agriculture and tourism, creating a rural tourism model with the themes of sightseeing and picking, cultural experience, health and recreation.

Tourists take photos in the Peach Garden and "check in" photo by Liu Kang

　　Located at the southwest end of Zhicheng Town, Jiaguoshan Village is a mountainous village on the fringe of "four pits, two ridges and one mountain". The whole village has 3617 mu of arable land.

Before 2015, Jiaguoshan Village was identified as a provincial-level poor village due to poor infrastructure and lack of industry. There were 109 poor households with 271 people in registered poor households.

　　In recent years, Jiaguoshan Village has vigorously developed the small fruit industry. At the same time, relying on the pilot project of upgrading and upgrading of the beautiful countryside of Yidu City, it has created rural tourism projects such as Jingnan Wetland, Daluoshan Observation Deck, Peach Blossom Square, etc., and embarked on agricultural The development path of tourism integration has explored a way to increase farmers' income and become rich.

The opening of the 6th Peach Blossom Festival in Yidu City Photo by Dong Xiaobin

　　On the day of the event, the reporter walked into Jiaguoshan Village and saw peach blossoms, plum blossoms and rape blossoms in full bloom. The mountain fields were colorful and beautiful.

Many tourists walked into the nearby farmhouse for lunch after finishing "checking in" in the sea of ​​flowers.

　　According to Yang Bangying, a 61-year-old villager, before 2018, Jiaguoshan Village had very few concrete roads, and it was often “all covered in ash on a sunny day, and covered in mud on a rainy day”.

She and her husband Li Changyou are self-sufficient on the nearly 9 acres of land in the family. They just have enough food and clothing. If they spend more, it will be very difficult.

The beautiful peach blossom attracts tourists to take photos by Tian Yaoping

　　"In 2017, we changed to planting peach, plum and citrus trees, and the annual income from selling small fruits was nearly 60,000 yuan." Yang Bangying said that after the development of tourism in the village, the road was repaired, and the couple started "taking advantage of the situation". The farmhouse now has an annual income of nearly 100,000.

　　Zhou Xinquan, secretary of the Party branch of Jiaguoshan Village, said that at present, the village has grown more than 40 kinds of small fruits such as peaches, plums, cherries, and strawberries, covering an area of ​​more than 3,000 acres, which has increased the villagers’ income by more than 3 million yuan.

In 2020, the per capita net income of the village will reach 19,000 yuan, and the collective economic income will exceed 480,000 yuan.

Yidu develops rural tourism to help the integration of agriculture and tourism. Photo by Wang Kangrong

　　Tan Jianguo said that Yidu will take this event as an opportunity to give full play to the mutual promotion of agriculture and tourism, form a joint force, and promote the deep integration and high-quality development of leisure agriculture and rural tourism.

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