Xinhua News Agency, Lanzhou, March 25 (Reporter Lang Bingbing) The reporter learned from the Gansu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism on the 24th that cultural and tourism departments and aviation companies in Gansu, Hubei, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shaanxi and other provinces have joined hands to create a "Hangzhou -"Enshi-Lanzhou" "Nanjing-Yan'an-Lanzhou" "Air Express".
Gansu is located in the northwestern inland, with a length of more than 1,600 kilometers from east to west. It is a must pass through the ancient Silk Road. There are special tourist attractions such as the desert Gobi, the white glacier, and the colorful Danxia. It is the "poem and distant place" many tourists yearn for. ".
Chen Weizhong, director of the Gansu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, said that with the arrival of the mass tourism era, "fast forward and slow travel" has become a new trend in modern tourism.
The construction of an "air express line" at an altitude of 10,000 meters along the ancient Silk Road is conducive to breaking the traffic bottleneck and helping Gansu's cultural tourism industry to achieve high-quality development.
According to Wang Hui, Director of Marketing Department of Lanzhou Airport Company, Gansu Civil Aviation Airport Group, the "Nanjing-Yan'an-Lanzhou" route will be the first to be implemented at the end of March, and the "Hangzhou-Enshi-Lanzhou" route will also be opened in mid-April.
By then, these "air express lines" will greatly shorten the travel time of tourists, and tourists will have more time to spend in scenic spots.
At the same time, the five-province linkage to create an "air express line" is of great significance for improving the accessibility of Lanzhou Airport and improving the function of the hub.
According to the Gansu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, in recent years, Gansu has seized the opportunity of the opening of the Yinxi High-speed Railway, the Lanzhou-Chongqing High-speed Railway, and the Baolan Passenger Dedicated Railway, and has vigorously developed the "Round West Train Tour" tourist train.
With the continuous encryption of the "Sky Express", the three-dimensional "Silk Road Tour" network is becoming more denser and denser, providing a better path for tourists to travel along the Silk Road.
The "Round West Train Tour" special tourist train is popular with "Slow Travel", and the "Sky Express Line" gave birth to the ancient Silk Road "Xintian Travel".
In recent years, Gansu has focused on aviation tourism and built branch airports in Jinchang, Zhangye, Longnan and other provinces. It has also opened international routes with many foreign cities such as St. Petersburg in Russia and Frankfurt in Germany, giving the "Silk Road Tour" wings of flying.
Chen Weizhong said that the "Sky Express" organically connects popular tourist destinations along the ancient Silk Road, promotes the prosperity and development of inter-provincial tourism, and makes "Silk Road Tour" a new situation of integrated development. The entire "Silk Road Tour" scenic spot is expected Become a high ground for promoting the "Belt and Road" people-to-people bond.