On May 19, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the protection and utilization of cultural relics celebrating the centennial of the founding of the party.
According to Gu Yucai, deputy director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, in terms of rational use, the empowerment of revolutionary cultural relics has gradually emerged and played a unique role in promoting economic and social development.
The scale and popularity of red tourism based on revolutionary sites and revolutionary cultural relics have risen in an all-round way.
In 2019, the number of red tourism receptions nationwide exceeded 1.4 billion, and the revenue of red tourism exceeded 400 billion yuan.
Many old revolutionary sites have become important options for people to travel and check-in places for Internet celebrities.
Young people have become a new force in the red tourism boom.
(Reporter Wang Shibo produced Wu Rui)
Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]