What is the strategic goal of ensuring that Sichuan Province becomes a strong tourist province?

Sichuan province has complete types of tourism resources, abundant quantity, beautiful natural environment, long history, splendid culture, good conditions for tourism development and high level of development, especially domestic tourism, which ranks among the top in the country (see Table 7- 1 for details).

Table 7- 1 Overview of Tourism Development in Sichuan

The level of tourism services and supporting conditions in Sichuan are good, and supporting services for food, accommodation, transportation, travel, shopping and entertainment have basically taken shape. Sichuan cuisine is famous for its wide range of materials, changeable seasonings, diverse dishes and equal emphasis on freshness and alcohol. A large number of high-end hotels such as Sichuan Hotel provide comfortable accommodation environment for tourists. Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, Baocheng double-track electrified railway, Xiangyu railway and cobweb expressway provide convenient transportation for tourism. A-level scenic spots featuring natural landscapes and ethnic customs make tourists linger; The Pacific Ocean and Arts and Crafts Shopping Mall on Zongfu Road and the renhe spring Shopping Mall on Renmin East Road make tourists fondle it. Luxury theaters (venues), art palaces, folk culture villages, Sichuan Opera and other entertainment projects have added a lot of color to the tourism industry.

In order to ensure the goal of becoming an important international tourist destination and a strong tourist province, from the 12th Five-Year Plan period to 2020, Sichuan Province has put forward the strategic goal of developing 1 tourist growth pole, 3 tourist economic zones, 5 characteristic tourist economic zones and 5 tourist loop lines. 1 The tourism growth pole is centered on Chengdu and radiates to surrounding Deyang, Ziyang, Meishan, Ya 'an and other places; These three tourism economic zones are Chengmianle Tourism Economic Zone, Chengyu Tourism Economic Zone and Chengya Tourism Economic Zone. The five characteristic tourist economic zones are Dajiuzhai International Tourism Zone, Gongga Eco-tourism Zone, Aden Shangri-La Tourism Zone, South Sichuan Cultural Tourism Zone and Qinba Eco-tourism Zone. These five tourist links are the Northern Link (the Ninth Link), the Western Link (the Giant Panda Line), the Southeast Link (the Yangtze River Line), the Southwest Link (Shangri-La Line) and the Eastern Link (the Three Kingdoms Line).