Sport Tropical Fire City Tour


  Cycling tours in groups, paddleboards and kayaking on the water, Frisbee playing in the park... Recently, emerging sports crazes have emerged in many places, which has further fueled urban tourism and set off a wave of consumption.

  New Choice for Urban Sports

  On September 17, the World Cycling Day, Beijing citizen Fan Jian set off from Xizhimen, went east through Tiananmen Square, and finally arrived at Tongzhou Grand Canal Forest Park. The whole journey is about 40 kilometers.

When taking a break along the way, Fan Jian will take pictures or record videos and share them on WeChat Moments and short video platforms, and he can always get a lot of likes.

"A 40-kilometer ride, re-acquainted with Beijing city." Fan Jian is a cycling enthusiast who used to ride in the suburbs of Beijing.

"Since last year, I often ride in the city." Fan Jian found that more and more people joined the cycling army around him, and "Chang'an Street night riding" once became a hot word on social platforms.

  According to data released by Meituan Bicycle, the proportion of cycling in Beijing hit a 10-year high this year. The annual mileage of Meituan Xiaohuang Bike Beijing users has reached 850 million kilometers, and 34 Orson Parks have been ridden for a year to reduce carbon emissions.

  On a weekend in mid-September, in a community park in Xicheng District, Beijing, a coach was leading two elementary school students to practice the basic action of throwing a Frisbee.

The "2022 Youth Trendy Sports Report" shows that Frisbee has become one of the most popular trendy sports among young people.

According to a survey by the National Frisbee Sports Promotion Committee, about 500,000 people will participate in Frisbee sports in 2021.

Every day, on many large lawns in Nanning, Guangxi, players of the Frisbee club can always be seen running, flying, and catching the game. There are many spectators.

In July this year, a Frisbee sports club in Nanning also participated in the Lingnan National Ultimate Frisbee Open, and competed professionally with Frisbee teams from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other cities.

  This summer, in Beijing's Liangma River, Jinhai Lake, Xiaoyue Lake and other waters, many paddle board enthusiasts enjoy the joy of sports on the water.

This sport, which used to be popular in coastal cities, is gaining momentum in more and more inland cities.

In Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province, paddle board enthusiasts are rushing to paddle into the river channel of Zhouzhuang Ancient Town.

  The city is more livable and better to travel

  The “popularity” of new urban movement methods is inseparable from the promotion of livable, tourist-friendly and sports-friendly cities in various places.

  On the day of World Cycling Day, the 2022 Beijing "Waterfront Slow Walk" fitness cycling series was held at the southern foot of Badachu, Shijingshan District, Beijing, attracting many cycling enthusiasts from all districts in Beijing to participate.

The relevant person in charge of the Beijing Bicycle Sports Association said that the "Slow Waterfront" fitness cycling series is an important part of Beijing's comprehensive pilot construction of the "Waterfront Slow" system, which is held once a month and continues to this day.

  In recent years, Beijing has adhered to the concept of "slow traffic priority, public transport priority, and green priority", changing from "car-oriented" to "people-oriented", vigorously advocating and promoting the development of the slow-moving system, and encouraging and supporting citizens to adopt more Travel by "walking + cycling".

In 2021, the proportion of slow traffic travel in the central urban area will reach 47.8%, a new high in the past 10 years. The willingness of Beijing citizens to travel slowly will continue to increase, and bicycle travel has become an important way for citizens to "last mile" commuting.

In 2022, the quality of Beijing's slow-moving system will be improved, with commuting as the main line, taking into account leisure and fitness and other service functions, ensuring diversified slow-moving travel needs, continuing to promote the integration of slow-moving systems and waterfront greenways, and improving urban river and lake waterfronts. Slow travel system, promote the connection work of 100 kilometers of Chaoyang Greenway; combined with natural resources and humanistic, historical and cultural resources, it is planned to build 21 "walking Beijing" cultural tourism and cycling routes within this year, and supporting services such as bicycle stations and tour guide maps to guide Citizens and tourists are encouraged to "slowly travel" the capital.

  In addition to the construction of urban greenways and slow-moving systems, pocket parks and sports parks are increasing in various places, providing more and more well-equipped sports and leisure places for the general public.

In October 2021, seven departments including the National Development and Reform Commission and the General Administration of Sports jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Construction of Sports Parks".

By the end of 2021, there are 3.971 million sports venues nationwide. Sports parks not only enrich urban green space, but also expand citizens' fitness and leisure space, helping to improve the city's livable environment and improve people's quality of life.

  Ecological governance has achieved results

  At the beginning of September, the national fitness water sports experience event in Fengtai District, Beijing welcomed the first batch of participants. They experienced the charm of dragon boating and kayaking on Xiaoyue Lake.

It is understood that the experience activity will continue until the end of September, using weekends to invite people who love water sports in the jurisdiction to experience dragon boating, kayaking, paddle boards and other sports, aiming to use the natural water resources of Xiaoyue Lake to build Fengtai District The national fitness brand, so that the ecological protection and restoration of rivers and lakes can benefit more people.

In January this year, 6,000 square meters of ice in Xiaoyue Lake was opened to the public; in August, the dragon boat team competed on the lake.

The development of these national sports is inseparable from the good water quality of Xiaoyue Lake. At present, Xiaoyue Lake has formed a new pattern of all-season sports and tourism, such as swimming in the spring lake, swimming in the water in summer, enjoying the scenery in autumn, and enjoying the ice in winter.

  The trend of turning once messy places into urban landscapes is popping up everywhere.

  Every evening, in the Cherry Blossom Lake Sports Park in Rongcheng City, Shandong Province, there is an endless stream of citizens for fitness, entertainment and scenic views.

The site of the sports park was once a deserted swamp.

In recent years, the local government has launched a comprehensive environmental transformation and upgrading project, implementing the concept of "ecology, nature, and harmony", and building it into a leisure sports theme park with urban landscape, ecological experience, and flood control and release functions. Transformed into a "city meeting room".

Wansheng District of Chongqing City used to be the coal capital of a mountain city. The local area promoted the deep integration of culture, sports and tourism, and realized the transformation from a resource-based city to a city of sports and leisure. A number of sports facilities were built, and each town and street made full use of slack farming and holidays. Hold mass sports activities at other time points to promote the in-depth development of national fitness activities.

The vibrant sports and tourism industry provides citizens with more leisure options, and also drives the transformation of local urban development to green, making it a city suitable for living, working and sports.

  Yin Jie