Where is the second Zhangjiajie in Hunan?

Hunan has set its goal: to create the “second Zhangjiajie”

Southern Network News When it comes to Hunan tourism, the first thing people think of must be Zhangjiajie, because it is the leader of Hunan tourism. Next, people are also familiar with traditional tourist attractions such as Nanyue, Dongting Lake, and Yueyang Tower. In the past year or two, Shaoyang City in southwest central Hunan, which was originally unknown, has aroused people's strong interest with a number of newly developed excellent scenic spots such as Langshan Mountain, Nanshan Ranch, and Wugang Yunshan.

During the two sessions, Jiang Jianguo, deputy to the National People's Congress and secretary of the Shaoyang Municipal Party Committee, reported to the National Tourism Administration. The reporter conducted an interview with the municipal party committee secretary who devoted a lot of energy to the tourism industry on issues related to Shaoyang's tourism industry. .

Secretary Jiang introduced that Shaoyang City is a typical agricultural and forestry economic zone. Due to the slow development of the traditional small-scale peasant economy and the relative lag of modern industry, natural and cultural resources have been relatively completely preserved, and tourism resources are extremely rich, forming the "Three Mountains and Six Districts" with Xinning Langshan, Chengbu Nanshan, and Wugang Yunshan as the main bodies. "The overall pattern of tourism resources. Langshan area is the largest and most developed typical Danxia landform area in the country, with complete landscapes of mountains, water, caves, lanes, valleys and springs. The famous geologist Chen Guoda, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and other scenic spots named "The No. 1 Alley in the World" and "Jiangjun Stone" are known as the "Five Wonders of the World"; the poet Ai Qing came here and said, "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world, and Langshan's landscape is the best." Guilin" sigh. Within 80 miles, Danan Mountain preserves more than 90 rare species of animals and plants, including silver fir, hemlock, ginkgo, sambar deer, giant civet, and South China tiger. It is also the center of Buddhism in southwestern Hunan. Song Huizong Zhao Gou once visited this place and wrote a book.

In addition to extremely beautiful natural resources, Secretary Jiang said that there are more than 40 ethnic minorities living in the western region of Shaoyang City, including Miao, Hui, Dong, and Yao. There are many colorful ethnic festivals and customs such as making tea with oil, scalding the groom, plastering feet and singing antiphonal songs to express love, sending umbrellas for engagements, and dancing to celebrate weddings. Huayao, in particular, is the only ancient branch among the Yao people in the country. Qi opera, Shaoyang bamboo carvings, and beach New Year pictures have long been famous; Wugang braised food, mountain food, and snacks are also famous. In addition, there are also cliff-climbing stone carvings on Faxiang Rock, the former residences of Wei Yuan and Cai E, Tangtian Wartime Lecture School, and the ruins of the second branch of Huangpu Military Academy, etc.

This series of scenic spots is about 120 kilometers away from Guilin in the south and about 360 kilometers away from Changsha in the north. The Shangrui Expressway and the Luozhan Railway have been built to the edge of the scenic spots and are gradually becoming the main tourist attractions of "Hunan-Guangxi Tour" Passage, tourism status is very superior. Although it has not yet been well developed, with the rise of tourism craze, the number of tourists has increased by about 30% every year in the past three years, reaching 670,000 in 2001, with tourism revenue of 223 million yuan, and the market prospects are very promising. The Provincial Tourism Bureau has listed this area as a new golden tourist route and inter-provincial passage in the "Tenth Five-Year Plan"; after an on-site inspection, the responsible comrades of the National Tourism Administration believed that this area has a large number of tourism resources, a full range of types, and strong characteristics. With high quality and good location, it fully meets the conditions to create the "second Zhangjiajie".

Secretary Jiang said that in recent years, some places in Shaoyang have begun to taste the benefits of developing tourism. For example, Xinning County began to mobilize the masses and attract investment to develop tourism resources in 1993, investing nearly 100 million yuan. By 2001, it had received a total of 1.6 million tourists and achieved tourism revenue of 480 million yuan. Driven by tourism, more than 400 agricultural product processing companies have emerged in the county, with an annual output value of nearly 150 million yuan, promoting the development of bamboo pine, navel orange, livestock, medicinal materials and other industries. From 1993 to 2001, the county's GDP increased from 514 million yuan to 1.45 billion yuan, fiscal revenue increased from 34 million yuan to 75.65 million yuan, the average income of farmers increased from 420 yuan to 1,750 yuan, and more than 30,000 people Escaped poverty by relying on tourism.

At present, the bottleneck restricting the development of tourism in the western region of Shaoyang City is infrastructure, especially transportation facilities. The Shaoyang section of the national and provincial highway connecting this area in Changsha, the provincial capital, and the Shaoyang section of the inter-provincial highway connecting Guilin in this area are of low grade and poor road condition. The roads in the scenic area are basically rural roads, and many scenic spots are not open to traffic. "If you want to be rich, build roads first." When these roads are repaired, they may appear to be tourism roads, but they are actually poverty alleviation roads. According to the current situation, in order to form a basically complete tourist channel in the western region of Shaoyang City, it is urgent to expand and modify the three main traffic arteries. However, there is still a huge funding gap to complete these projects. Therefore, Secretary Jiang believes that the country’s “tourism poverty alleviation” and government debt fund support and other policy preferences are very effective and important for an originally relatively backward area like Shaoyang. Other infrastructure construction can be solved through investment promotion and other aspects. By increasing investment and strengthening management, after 3 to 5 years of hard work, the number of tourists in Shaoyang City can reach more than 3 million per year, achieving tourism revenue of about 1.8 billion yuan, accounting for 5% of the GDP of the year, and driving related industry revenue of about 7.5 billion yuan. , this alone can increase the per capita income of the city by about 1,000 yuan. Jiang Jianguo said that with the support of the state and the cooperation from all aspects, as well as the determination and efforts of Daqian Tourism in Shaoyang City, they are confident that they will gradually build this area into the "second Zhangjiajie" and maintain Hunan Province's international tourism brand. Contribute to longevity.