“Only one day in mid-September, the number of vehicles in the parking lot exceeded 1,200, which not only created the highest record since the parking lot was put into use, but also increased the single-day income by 30% compared with the previous record.” With the approach of the National Day holiday, the village cadres in Shajiao Village, Yuanjue Street, Dongtou District, Wenzhou are grinning from ear to ear, watching the numbers in the parking lot charging system keep beating.
Shajiao Village relies on a parking lot, and now its annual income can break through one million. In this village, similar projects led by the village collective keep popping up, which brings explosive growth to the village collective economy. Shajiao Village has also become the first economically strong village in Yuanjue Street from the original poor and weak fishing village. This change is inseparable from the development and construction of a “source of living water”-“Zhongyu Island Waiting for You” scenic spot.
“Waiting for you in Zhongyu” and other “online celebrity punch-in points” are widely favored by tourists. Photo courtesy of Propaganda Department of Dongtou District Committee
On the east side of Shajiao Village, it faces Zhongyu Island, where the wind and waves are rough and the rocks are beautiful. In 2015, Shajiao Village set up landscape sketches on the breakwater of Zhongyu Island for wedding photos. Because of the unique natural landscape and the changes of light and shadow in different periods, it created a unique style atmosphere, and many couples came here to shoot and play. This “unintentional” move also made the village begin to change.
In order to make full use of these resources, since 2019, the local government has included Zhongyu Island in the Blue Bay renovation project, and invested 10 million yuan for the overall renovation and upgrading. Build islands, bays and dikes together, and focus on ecological restoration of sandy beaches, mountains and pavements; Landscape nodes, sightseeing spots, sightseeing corridors, etc. are mainly ecological transformation. New landscapes, such as rainbow breakwater and “Zhongyu” ship wharf, have been added to create Wenzhou’s unique “online celebrity” scenic spot.
During the May Day holiday in 2021, the renovated Zhongyu Scenic Spot was officially opened to the public, and was named “Zhongyu Waiting for You”. On that day, 41,200 tourists were received, and the comprehensive tourism income was about 3 million yuan, which quickly became popular on social media.
Thanks to the drainage effect of Zhongyu scenic spot, people’s income in Shajiao Village has reached a higher level. Many Shajiao people who work hard outside choose to return to their hometowns to start businesses. Since 2021, the homestay and catering industry in the village have experienced explosive growth. The rent of single-room restaurants has exceeded 160,000 yuan, and the comprehensive annual tourism income has reached more than 30 million yuan. In order to further promote employment, Shajiao Village has also developed more than 20 posts for security guards, cleaners, drivers, etc., and newly built “online celebrity” booth and farmer’s market, so that more than 50 villagers can “set up shop at the entrance and work at the entrance of the village”, thus realizing the conversion of low-income fishing farmers to jobs. At the end of 2021, Shajiao Village realized its first dividend for many years, and insured the “Yikangbao” for the elderly over 60 years old in the village. (Xu Longfei, Chen Kunlun)
(Editor: Sun Peng, Wang Liwei)
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