On September 13, the mountain bike race of the 17th Zhejiang Provincial Games was held in Matang Village Mountain Bike Park, Yushan Town, Pan’an County, Jinhua City. Nine teams from Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Huzhou and other places, and 47 young athletes of the “post-00s” came to this grand sports tourism event.
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This is the first mountain bike race held in the history of Zhejiang Provincial Games. The race is divided into men’s group and women’s group. The first gold medal of this event was born in Pan’an. During this period, Pan’an once again demonstrated warm and professional services, pure and honest folk customs and positive spirit to the people of the province through the provincial games.
It is understood that it is no accident that the first provincial mountain biking race was “settled” in Yushan, Pan’an, which had already held chess competitions and weightlifting competitions in the provincial games. Last November, Pan’an held the 2021 Zhejiang Youth Mountain Bike Championship. As a test event of the provincial games, Pan’an was highly praised by people inside and outside the industry, especially the mountain bike track that gives consideration to both the level of the event and the protection of the ecological environment.
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It is worth mentioning that the exhibition boards that can be seen everywhere in this competition show the construction achievements of Pan’an’s agriculture, tourism, cultural heritage sites, intangible cultural heritage and other aspects. Competitors, referees and tourists can not only appreciate the beautiful landscape of Pan’an, but also deeply understand the colorful culture of Pan’an.
On the one hand, there is a mountain track full of passion, and on the other hand, there is a beautiful ancient tea court. This event contributed to the platform’s article of “tourism+sports” and injected new vitality into its development. This year’s provincial sports event is an excellent exhibition and development opportunity of “tourism+sports” in Pan’an.
In recent years, Pan’an has made great efforts to promote the development of sports. It has held more than 20 sports events, vigorously developed mass sports events, and has been awarded “Sports Powerful County of Zhejiang Province”, “Advanced Collective of National Mass Sports”, “Hometown of National Aged Volleyball”, and “Sports and Leisure Base of Zhejiang Province”. Behind the popularity of these sports events is Pan’an’s unremitting efforts to vigorously develop “sports+tourism” in accordance with the requirements of establishing a provincial tourism demonstration county. The successful holding of a series of major events in Pan’an not only proves that Pan’an is capable of organizing national sports events, but also proves that planning Pan’an’s “sports+” article based on ecological advantages conforms to Pan’an’s reality. Pan’an tailors itself to build sports events, excavates differentiated tourism resources, and gradually constructs a new pattern of “sports+tourism” industry integration.
Next, Pan’an will take “sports+tourism” as the breakthrough point, through holding more professional, high-end and rich sports events, make the brand of Pan’an Mountain Sports known, integrate culture and services into the event, and make the event a platform to display Pan’an landscape and human resources. (Zhang Liming, Yang Yingping)