China News Service, Xining, September 16th, topic: Qinghai eco-tourism development for ten years: you can see the mountains, see the water, and enjoy the "bonus" of development
China News Service reporter Li Jiangning
In the source of the Lancang River, herdsmen who have lived from herding for generations have become "captains", leading drifting enthusiasts around the world to experience the power of nature; in Qilian Mountain National Park, the owners of this land are both ecological guardians and tourists. guide...
In recent years, ecology has always led the development of Qinghai's culture and tourism industry. Qinghai's cultural and tourism industry has truly realized the "bonus" of development by seeing the mountains and the water.
The picture shows the Chaka Sky No. 1 Scenic Spot.
Photo by Li Jiangning
Qinghai is located in the western part of China, and occupies the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the roof of the world.
Qinghai is a rich mining area of tourism resources, and many cultural tourism resources are known as "the best in China" and even "the best in the world".
Geri, who lives on the south bank of Qinghai Lake, eats a "tourist meal" at "Near Water Tower", and his lake view homestay attracts many tourists.
"Every year, the government will provide training for our business owners to popularize some ecological knowledge. We will tell the guests who come here to travel. Some guests will also offer to go to the lake with us to pick up garbage." In the past few years, the year of Geri Revenue has grown from less than 10,000 yuan to nearly 100,000 yuan.
Statistics show that over the past ten years, the cultural and tourism department of Qinghai Province has insisted on shaping tourism quality with ecology and demonstrating ecological value with tourism.
Qinghai has received a total of 310 million tourists, with tourism revenue of 318.212 billion yuan, both achieving double-digit growth.
The picture shows Qinghai Lake.
Photo by Li Jiangning
"Handle the relationship between ecotourism and culture, develop tourism with the concept of culture, and spread culture through tourism." Chang Hongan said.
In Zaduo County, Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai, at the source of the Lancang River, local herdsmen established a local rafting company through training.
"We have a captain who can carve Mani stones, and the boat will bring carving tools. If you encounter stones suitable for carving during the rafting process, the captain will take guests to experience the carving of Mani stones and experience the national culture here." Miscellaneous Zhaxi Randing, head of Lancang Jiangyuan Rafting Co., Ltd., told reporters that during the rafting process, the captain will also introduce the unique culture, ecology and wildlife of Sanjiangyuan to rafting enthusiasts.
"Handle the relationship between eco-tourism and people's livelihood, and insist on developing eco-tourism as one of the important measures for rural revitalization. You can see mountains and water, and attract tourists with beautiful nostalgia and scenery, so that more and more people The masses rely on the beauty of the mountains and rivers and the cultural style to share the 'bonus' of the development of eco-tourism." Chang Hongan said.
"I used to dream that I could make money at home, and I still earn so much." Yang Gongbao, a villager in Dongxu Village, Menyuan County, Haibei Prefecture, Qinghai, whose home is adjacent to the Qinghai area of Qilian Mountain National Park, attracts tourists from home and abroad with its beautiful pastoral scenery .
The picture shows ecological rafting on the Lancang River.
Photo courtesy of Lancang River Source Rafting Co., Ltd.
"In the past, the herdsmen had no other source of income besides grazing. The per capita annual income was 6,000 yuan. Only during the Chinese New Year could you see a piece of meat in the pot." Zhang Tingjun, president of the Neck Society of Dongxu Village, told reporters.
From 2012 to 2019, nearly 60,000 tourists came to the village, and the average income of each farmhouse in the village has reached 60,000 yuan.
"Handle the relationship between ecotourism and ecological protection well, insist on development in protection and protection in development, so that ecology will always become the background color of Qinghai tourism." Chang Hongan, deputy director of the Qinghai Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, said.
"Qinghai is located in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the highest plateau in the world. It has nurtured the world's most important rivers and famous mountains. This environment is irreproducible. The unique natural environment has created Qinghai's unique geographical features and ecology. Landscape." Hou Guangliang, a professor at the School of Geographical Sciences of Qinghai Normal University, said that Qinghai's natural ecological environment is global, so the level of tourism resources is higher.
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