The construction of geopark promotes the local economic development of Jiaozuo.

Henan Provincial Department of Land and Resources

On February 13, 2004, with the announcement of UNESCO officials, Yuntaishan Geopark, as the third place in China, became the first member of the World Geopark Network. Through the platform of "Geopark", Yuntai Mountain in Jiaozuo has moved from Henan to the whole country and from the whole country to the world. It has become a park with high reputation not only at home but also internationally. From the start of the application of Yuntaishan National Geopark at the beginning of 200/kloc-0 to the success of the application of the World Geopark at the beginning of 2004, it only took her three years to complete the journey of the general scenic spot 10, and the "Jiaozuo phenomenon" praised by the tourism industry appeared, which played an excellent demonstration and driving role in the construction of geological parks and the protection of geological relics.

First of all, the construction of geological parks has promoted economic development.

The construction of Yuntai Mountain National and World Geopark has greatly promoted the development of local economy, and it is a new way for geological work to realize the sustainable development of social economy. The construction of Yuntai Mountain World Geopark has greatly promoted the development of the park, improved its scientific taste and tourism taste, expanded the tourism market from North China to the whole country, and began to be favored by foreign tourists. In 2000, Yuntaishan Park received 200,000 tourists and earned 3 million yuan in tourist tickets. By 2004, Yuntaishan World Geopark had received a total of 6,543,800+0,250 tourists, with a ticket income of 90 million yuan. The five parks * * * received 4143,200 tourists, the ticket income was164,423 yuan, and the comprehensive tourism income was 4.032 billion yuan, up 9% year-on-year, driving the growth of local GDP by 4.3%. In 20 10, the city * * * received tourists1958.99 million person-times, and the tourist ticket income was 600 million yuan, and the comprehensive tourism income was14.7 billion yuan, accounting for1.8% of GDP.

Second, the construction of geological parks promotes urban transformation.

Jiaozuo, where the park is located, is a typical resource-based city established in accordance with the model of "one mine, one city" and "one city, one industry" after the founding of New China. Large-scale coal mining has been going on for more than 100 years, with a total of 300 million tons of raw coal mined and 5 billion yuan of national profits and taxes paid, and the proportion of resource-based industries once exceeded 90%. In the 1990s, with the exhaustion of coal resources, problems such as unbalanced economic structure, increased social burden and intensified ecological environment destruction were exposed. During the Ninth Five-Year Plan period, the average annual growth rate of the city's economy was only 3.5%, and the sustainable development of Jiaozuo's economy and society faced unprecedented severe challenges.

The construction of geological parks has stimulated the tourism economy and prompted Jiaozuo to establish the strategy of "building a city through tourism", which has made Jiaozuo's tourism from scratch, from small to large, from weak to strong, from "black impression" to "green theme", and tourism has become an important force supporting Jiaozuo's economic and social development. In recent years, Yuntai Mountain Tourism Group Company was established, with an investment of nearly 500 million yuan for the construction of excellent tourist attractions, and Qingyun Avenue connecting Yuntai Mountain, Qinglong Gorge and Fenglinxia was built, initially forming a tourism pattern of "Dayun Mountain"; The 3rd Jiaozuo Landscape International Tourism Festival was held, and the 5th China Jiaozuo Tai Ji Chuan International Exchange Competition was upgraded to be hosted by the State Sports General Administration and the Henan Provincial Government. Start building a famous Taiji cultural city, build a brand of Taiji Holy Land, invest more than 20 million yuan to increase the development of cultural landscape represented by Chenjiagou, and start building Jiaozuo International Tai Ji Chuan Cultural Exchange Center with an investment of 1 1 100 million yuan. Yuntai Mountain and Jiaozuo tourism have become well-known brands in China, and tourism has become an important symbol of Jiaozuo's economic transformation. The development of tourism brings not only GDP growth to Jiaozuo, but also the sharp increase of passenger flow and information flow, which deeply affects Jiaozuo people's ideas and ways of thinking and greatly promotes the transformation of other fields.

Yuntai Mountain Hanging Spring Waterfall, Qinglongxia Deep Valley Youxi, Fenglinxia Peak Cluster, Blue Water Qingtianhe and Yuntai Mountain World Geopark Shennongshan Longji Great Wall, * * * together form a beautiful picture with beautiful scenery, from south to north; She has become a business card in Henan Province. The construction and development of Yuntai Mountain World Geopark will certainly promote the construction of Central Plains Economic Zone and make important contributions to accelerating the rise of Central Plains and revitalizing Henan.