“The total output of the province’s tourism industry exceeded 1 trillion yuan, and the added value of the tourism industry was 493.1 billion yuan, accounting for 7.8% of the province’s GDP. It received 690 million domestic and foreign tourists throughout the year; Nearly 70 cities and counties in the province have established global tourism, 25 provincial-level global tourism demonstration counties, and Zhejiang has become the founding unit of the national global tourism demonstration province … “These are the achievements of Zhejiang tourism in recent years, and it is also the achievement of Zhejiang’s adherence to the” two mountains “theory, practice the concept of global tourism development, and accelerate the promotion of” big garden “construction.
On September 2, 2019, a special training course on the whole province’s tourism and the scenic work of thousands of villages, towns and cities was held in Jiangshan. The training course systematically summarized the development of the whole province’s global tourism and the scenic spots of thousands of villages, towns and cities, fully implemented the goal of “creating a global tourism demonstration province” and “striving to make 10,000 administrative villages, thousands of small towns, 100 county towns and urban areas into A-level scenic spots by 2022” in the provincial government work report, and re-implemented, re-launched and redeployed the global tourism, scenic spots of thousands of villages and towns and the promotion of tourist attractions.
Chu Ziyu, Party Secretary and Director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, attended and made a mobilization speech. Qian Weigang, member of the Standing Committee of Quzhou Municipal Committee and Minister of Propaganda, delivered a speech, and Yang Jianwu, member and deputy director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, presided over it.
Chu Ziyu pointed out that since the two promotion meetings of the whole province’s global tourism development and scenic spots in ten thousand villages, under the strong leadership of the provincial party committee and government, the general trend of the whole province’s global tourism development has become a reality, and many cities and counties have taken global tourism as the “number one” project and the “bull nose” project of party committees and governments, and “scenic spots in thousands of villages and towns and cities” as the “rural revitalization strategy” to deepen the “demonstration of thousands of villages and renovation of thousands of villages”.
Chu Ziyu emphasized that the development of global tourism is a major strategy determined by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, a major measure to promote economic stability and progress, an important carrier for the construction of large gardens in the province, and an important path to promote the all-round development of culture and tourism. “Thousands of villages, towns and cities are scenic spots” is an important starting point for our province to deepen the implementation of the global tourism development strategy and Zhejiang characteristics. All localities should fully understand the great significance of developing global tourism and the “Thousands of Hundreds” project, and focus on the problems that still exist, such as unbalanced regional development, unbalanced emphasis, inconsistent grasp of standards and scales, unclear characteristics and bright spots, and inadequate service management, etc., fill in the shortcomings, make unremitting efforts, and continue to push forward the global tourism work.
Chu Ziyu demanded that the province’s cultural tourism system should pay close attention to the work of the provincial party committee and the provincial government center, take the top-level design as the guide, take the “Thousands of Thousands of Projects” as the starting point, focus on upgrading scenic spots, take the integration of cultural tourism as the feature, and take the construction of large projects as the foundation, so as to realize the scientific, balanced, high-quality, differentiated and sustainable development of the whole region’s tourism, implement it in the end, provide consistent services, and conduct all kinds of assessments. All 90 counties (cities, districts) have carried out global tourism and created “Thousands of Hundreds”. 70% of the counties (cities, districts) in the province have reached the acceptance standard of national global tourism demonstration zones, 80% of townships have passed the acceptance of A-level scenic spots, and 50% of villages have become A-level scenic spots, creating a national global tourism demonstration province with high quality, high level and high standard at an early date.
At the training class, Yang Jianwu read out the list of the first batch of key rural tourism villages in China and informed about the establishment and promotion of global tourism demonstration counties; Huzhou City, Jiangshan City, Yuhang District of Hangzhou City and Jingning County made exchange speeches respectively; Yandangshan Management Committee made a statement on the rectification and upgrading of A-level scenic spots.