China News Service, Fuzhou, August 6th (Zheng Jiangluo) In the Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone, Fujian Province, 143 Taiwanese tour guides passed the renewal examination and obtained the special certificate for Taiwanese tour guides in Fujian Province, and 101 Taiwanese tour guides passed the certification and obtained the qualifications for tourism, tourism and sports. There are more than 3,000 Taiwanese compatriots in the field of employment and entrepreneurship.

　　On the 6th, Chen Daojin, director of the Tourism, Culture and Sports Bureau of the Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone, disclosed the above news at the press briefing on the construction results of the fifth anniversary of the Pingtan International Tourism Island.

This is a concrete manifestation of the deep expansion of cross-strait cultural and tourism integration in the five years since the construction of Pingtan International Tourism Island.

　　In August 2016, the State Council officially approved the "Pingtan International Tourism Island Construction Plan", and Pingtan Island became China's second international tourist island after Hainan Island.

　　In the past five years, the construction of Pingtan International Tourism Island has been comprehensively promoted and achieved historic results in the initial stage. The formerly unnamed island has transformed into a tourist island.

　　Chen Daojin said that in terms of deepening the integration of cultural tourism on both sides of the strait, Pingtan will create a common market for tourism on both sides of the strait, introduce well-known Taiwanese teams to participate in Pingtan tourism planning, project construction, and operation management, and strengthen normalized exchanges and cooperation, especially in rural tourism and homestays. Strengthen normalized employment cooperation in management and cultural and creative development.

"Pingtan has initially become a common home for cross-strait tourism."

　　On Pingtan Island, landmark projects such as the Overseas Chinese Town Happy South Island, Nanzhai Mountain Cultural Tourism Complex, Shimao Strait Love Island, and Nanbei Street Cultural District transformation are accelerating. International Cruise Port, International Performing Arts Center, International Convention and Exhibition Center, International South Island Projects such as language group, international high-end hotels, and international tourist resorts are also accelerating construction.

　　With the advancement of the construction of an international tourist island, Pingtan's unique tourism product system has basically taken shape. In 2019, the added value of tourism accounted for 9.03% of the district's GDP, and the added value of the tertiary industry increased from 50.2% in 2015. Increase to 60% in 2020, basically achieving the first phase goal of the established international tourism island in 2020.

　　In terms of tourism volume, since the approval of the "Pingtan International Tourism Island Construction Plan", Pingtan has received 24.330 million tourists and achieved tourism revenue of 24.601 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), with an average annual growth rate of 12.2%, 12.8%, both ranked in the forefront of Fujian Province. The five-year tourist reception and tourism income are respectively equivalent to 2.6 times and 11.4 times that of the previous ten years.

　　"Pingtan has transformed from traditional sightseeing tourism to leisure vacation tourism, from single scenic spot tourism to comprehensive tourism destinations, and the overall tourism development pattern has been initially formed." Member of the Party Working Committee and Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone Wu Liyuan said.

　　With the completion of the world’s longest and most beautiful cross-sea highway and railway bridge, Pingtan has entered the era of high-speed rail. The passenger and freight routes between Pingtan and Taiwan’s north, central, and southern parts have been fully covered; the island’s high-speed rail central station is the transportation link, which is orderly Promote the construction of ecological corridors around the island, Tongjing Road and Huanjing Road, making it easier for tourists to visit.

　　According to statistics from the Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone, in the first half of this year, Pingtan received 3,868,100 tourists, with tourism revenue of 3.030 billion yuan, an increase of 163.8% and 176.0% over the same period last year, and an increase of 72.7% and 31.1% over the same period in 2019.

Among them, 583,400 tourists were received during the "May 1st" holiday, and the highest number of tourists received in a single day exceeded 160,000, a record high.

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