China News Service, Beijing, February 20 (Reporter Chen Hang) The reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics on the 20th that Universal Beijing Resort has become a new cultural and tourism landmark in the Beijing Sub-Center (hereinafter referred to as the "Sub-Center") and a business district in 2023. The passenger flow is about 16 million. Driven by Beijing Universal Resort, the cultural, sports and entertainment industries in Tongzhou District, where the sub-center is located, will develop strongly in 2023, achieving an added value of 6.83 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of 22.1 times compared with 2013.
The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics stated that since the implementation of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development strategy, the sub-center has promoted key projects step by step to improve the quality of living and working, and has taken solid steps towards high-quality development. Among them, the fixed asset investment of the sub-center has continued to maintain a level of 100 billion. The construction of the main structure of the sub-central station comprehensive transportation hub has been 85% completed. After completion, it will become the largest underground comprehensive transportation hub in Asia. The urban green forest park and the "three major cultural buildings" (Beijing Art Center, Beijing City Library and Beijing Grand Canal Museum) have been completed and unveiled.
As the fifth Universal theme park in the world and the third in Asia, Universal Beijing Resort opened on September 20, 2021, including Universal CityWalk, two resort hotels, and the Universal Studios theme park with seven themed attractions. . The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics stated that Beijing Universal Resort has become a new landmark for cultural tourism in the sub-center. In 2023, the business district will have about 16 million passengers. Universal City Avenue has been selected as a national-level night culture and tourism consumption cluster, and Tongzhou District has a large-scale culture Enterprises in the , sports and entertainment industries achieved revenue of 9.68 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 60.7% since 2013.
Data released this month by the Beijing Tongzhou District Culture and Tourism Bureau shows that Universal Studios Theme Park has become the king of domestic theme park traffic, and has successfully entered the rapid growth channel of tourist numbers and operating income. Currently, plans are being stepped up for the construction of the second and third phases of the Universal Studios theme park. After the completion of the third phase, the annual passenger flow is expected to reach 30 million. (over)