In recent years, Gaoping District has focused on the development of rural tourism by promoting the integrated development of agriculture, culture and tourism, further enriching the tourism industry, improving service quality, and organizing cultural tourism activities, which has injected new vitality into the income of villagers and industrial development.
In the past two days, 50,000 acres of orange blossoms in Quejia Town, Gaoping District have been blooming, and the white and elegant orange blossoms are like white "elves" "jumping" among the green leaves under the blowing of the spring breeze. Tourists come to the orange orchard to enjoy the flowers or take pictures, outlining a vivid and sultry spring scenery of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
"We took a lot of photos in the orange garden and it was all very beautiful and it felt like the spring was very strong. Tourist Hu Xiuhua said.
"My good sisters and I wore beautiful Hanfu together, admiring the flowers, taking pictures, and smelling the flowers, which felt very relaxed and comfortable. Tourist He Yun said.
This year, Gaoping District also held an orange blossom season event in Quejia Town, including an online competition, a food farm banquet for Tianfu tourism, and a shopping for organic agricultural products. We will further unleash the potential of consumption, drive emerging business formats such as organic life, research and practice, cultural experience, and homestay and agricultural banquets, deeply integrate agriculture, culture, and tourism, and promote high-quality economic development. The town is expected to receive more than 20,000 tourists, driving more than 3 million yuan in cultural tourism, agricultural and sideline product sales, and catering and entertainment industry business.
"In this year's orange blossom season, we have launched a series of online and offline activities to allow citizens and tourists to enjoy the charm of Quejia orange blossom, and also let everyone feel and understand the achievements of our development of sweet oranges, publicize the popularity and reputation of 'drunken orange fragrance', and let the development model of agriculture and tourism integration boost the cultural and tourism industry in the whole region and help rural revitalization. Chen Yao, deputy mayor of Quejia Town, Gaoping District, said.
Recently, the thousands of acres of cherries in Sanfanggou Village, Jiangling Town, Gaoping District have matured, and the cherries are hanging on the trees, ruddy and lovely, which is mouth-watering. Visitors who come here shuttle lightly through the cherry groves, carefully select with great interest, taste while picking, and enjoy the fruits of spring and share the fun of picking.
"We came from Yuechi today to pick cherries, the cherries are big and sweet, so good, when we are ready to leave, we will buy more and bring them back to our families to taste." Tourist Xu Ying said.
"Taking advantage of the good weather in the past few days, picking cherries with my family is very fun and very leisurely. Tourist Liu Jinyu said.
Clusters of red cherries bring the breath of spring to people, and they have also become the "golden fruit" for fruit farmers to increase their income and get rich. According to reports, in recent years, the village has developed more than 300 acres of cherry industry, forming an industrial development model of "branch + villagers", and villagers will share dividends. This year's cherry picking activity is expected to bring more than 100 yuan of income to the village collective.
"In the future, we will also increase entertainment facilities and leisure places, launch special farm banquets, and make every effort to do a good job in rural tourism supporting services to make our countryside more beautiful." Guo Chaohui, secretary of the Party branch of Sanfanggou Village, Jiangling Town, said.
In recent years, Gaoping District has taken flowers and fruits as a medium to organically combine the creation of beautiful villages with the development of rural tourism, and the villagers have not only increased their income, but also harvested a full sense of happiness while enjoying the dividends of modern leisure tourism. It is understood that in the first quarter of this year, the region received 5.2635 million tourists, a year-on-year increase of 9.5 percent, and achieved a comprehensive tourism income of 5.567 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.3 percent.
All-media reporter Hou Pengcheng