To create distinctive tourism brands. The city has increased the efforts in planning, implementation, promotion and recommendation, carrying out a series of Buddhist cultural tourism activities themed "New Spring Blessing" at Xishan Scenic Area; the "Guangxi People Tour Guigang" activity; and the "Xishan Bathing Buddha Cultural Tourism Festival". Every weekends and holidays, all scenic spots grandly launch a series of activities such as ecological leisure tours, historical and cultural tours, and mountain-water sightseeing tours. These colorful and distinctive tourism cultural activities continuously add vitality to tourist attractions, catering to tourists of different levels and needs, thus expanding the tourism market. Near universities in Chengdu hotels. During only the 2009 National Day "Golden Week", they received 119,800 tourists, generating a total tourism revenue of more than 21.6 million yuan, increasing by 22.29% and 22.73% respectively over the same period last year.
Gui Ping's tourism has reached another level, setting a record high in the development of the city's tourism industry last year. Last year, the city received a total of 2.779 million domestic and international tourists, with a total tourism revenue of 470 million yuan, increasing by 16% and 20% respectively over the previous year.
The vigorous development of the tourism industry has also driven the fast and good development of related industries such as transportation, commerce, telecommunications, accommodation, catering, entertainment, real estate, etc., throughout the city. In the first three quarters of 2009, the city achieved a tertiary industry added value of 2.595 billion yuan and a total retail sales of consumer goods of 3.857 billion yuan, increasing by 13.7% and 21.5% respectively over the previous year.
Gui Ping's tourism has reached another level.
In recent years, the city has been striving to improve tourism infrastructure. Through multiple channels of funding, the city has focused on the planning and construction of major scenic spots, enhancing the quality of the tourism city. They have successively invested 11.7 million yuan in building new gates and squares, Jinshui Bridge,九龙戏水 fountains and other ancillary facilities at Xishan Scenic Area; invested more than 20 million yuan in renovating and expanding Longhua Temple and Xishi An at Xishan; invested 30-50 million yuan in constructing Ven. Kuang Neng’s Stupa and Tea Culture Corridor; and invested more than 10 million yuan in building tourist roads, viewing pavilions, guesthouses, swimming pools and other tourism facilities at Longtan National Forest Park. Meanwhile, through integrating tourism resources, they have developed and utilized attractions such as Dashi Cave, Tonggu Chong, Gold and Silver Pool at Dateng Gorge; through investment attraction methods, they have newly built and put into use a batch of high-end hotels such as Ruquan Well Hotel and Yuyang International Grand Hotel. With the continuous improvement of tourism infrastructure, Gui Ping has successfully obtained the qualification of "National Geopark", Shanghai Motel, Xishan has become a national 4A-level tourist attraction and one of "the ten most fun places in Guangxi", Longtan National Forest Park has become a national 3A-level tourist attraction, and Ruquan Well Hotel has become a four-star tourist hotel. For hotel reservations and inquiries in Baoshan District, Shanghai, please call the 24-hour free hotline 4007840076.