China News Agency, Urumqi, May 6 Question: Xinjiang's tourism industry improves quality
Author Hu Jiachen
Improve the regional tourism industry, complete the infrastructure, and accelerate the construction of information ... Under the epidemic situation, Xinjiang tourism industry, while doing a good job in the prevention and control of the normal epidemic situation, through a series of measures to improve quality and upgrade, and strive to "recover after the epidemic" . In the "May Day" small holiday just passed, Xinjiang's super 80% A-level scenic spot opened its doors to welcome guests, and the tourism economy gradually recovered.
Urumqi County is located in the northern foothills of the middle section of the Tianshan Mountains, and is rich in ice and snow tourism resources. This May Day holiday will welcome tourists with a more comprehensive tourism format. Twelve theme pavilions such as the Forest Research Center, Photography Base, Library, and Tuanjian Park in the "Ice and Snow Characteristic Town" in Urumqi County were opened for the first time to meet the needs of tourists at all levels.
At the Times Pavilion, Urumqi City Tourist Chen Lin felt a "time shuttle". "By restoring the life scenes of six local people, it shows the changes of the times. Some old objects and images make me remember." Chen Lin told reporters that day, after enjoying the spring in the Tianshan Mountains, he came to the town to experience "Cultural travel" is not interesting.
At present, Urumqi County has created a tourism complex including icy and snowy towns and leisurely towns that cover food and entertainment projects. The "ski resorts" that used to win with natural scenery gradually changed to the "seasons for four seasons" with perfect business formats. It is reported that this year's "May Day" holiday, the local also launched a "tourism +" series activities such as kite festival, intangible cultural exhibition.
A good travel experience is inseparable from "hardware support". This reporter learned that this year, Xinjiang has invested 880 million yuan (RMB, the same below) to carry out tourism service facility upgrade actions. It is planned to implement 73 tourist scenic spot construction projects, 21 tourism-related public service facilities construction projects, 479 tourist toilet construction projects and 1990 tourist bed and breakfast construction projects.
During the "May Day" period, the construction site of the Baihualin Self-Driving Camp Project was busy in Burqin County, Altay District, northern Xinjiang. According to local officials, "less gathering and more space" is a new demand for tourism after the epidemic prevention and control have entered normalization, and the development of self-driving tours by virtue of the geographical advantage is also "taking advantage of the situation."
In addition, on the eve of the "May Day", the "One Mobile Tour of Xinjiang" platform was launched, accelerating the pace of digitalization and informatization construction of Xinjiang's tourism industry. Guli Abulimu, member of the party group and deputy director of the Xinjiang Ministry of Culture and Tourism, said: "The 'One Mobile Phone Tour Xinjiang' platform focuses on serving tourists and solves the 'before, during, and after the tour' intelligent information during the journey. Problem. "
The reporter found in the actual experience that the platform can be used through the "Travel to Xinjiang" APP, applet, and WeChat public account. There are more than 20,000 scenic spots in Xinjiang and above, hotels, cultural venues, restaurants, bed and breakfasts, hand-drawn maps of scenic spots, etc. Basic data can basically realize the services of "eating, housing, travel, travel, shopping, entertainment" in Xinjiang.
According to data provided by the Xinjiang Ministry of Culture and Tourism, from 1 to 5 May, Xinjiang received more than 4.4 million tourists, an increase of more than 30% over the May Day holiday last year, and realized tourism revenue of more than 1.7 billion yuan. (Finish)