On the morning of October 29, the 2021 Rong County Sha tin grapefruit cultural tourism festival and overseas Chinese township celebration "Chinese Farmers Harvest Festival" activity opened in the Sha tin grapefruit kingdom scenic spot in the county. The picture shows a bird's eye view of the launch ceremony of the event. Guangxi News Network correspondent Xie Detong photographed
Theatrical performance at the opening ceremony. Guangxi News Network reporter Qin Zheng photographed
At the opening ceremony, the owner of the "Top Ten Shatian Grapefruit" fruit farm in Rong County in 2021 appeared on the stage. Guangxi News Network reporter Qin Zheng photographed
The owners of the "Top 10 Sha Tin Pomelo" fruit farm happily displayed the awarded plaque and their own cultivation of Sha Tin Pomelo. Guangxi News Network reporter Qin Zheng photographed
In the teak garden, golden fruits are hung with branches. Guangxi News Network reporter Qin Zheng photographed
The leading guests kicked off the Cultural Tourism Festival. Guangxi News Network reporter Qin Zheng photographed
Fruit growers and tourists in the joy of harvest picking. Correspondent of Guangxi News Network
The owners of the "Top 10 Sha Tin Pomelo" fruit farm happily display their own cultivation of Sha Tin Pomelo. Guangxi News Network reporter Qin Zheng photographed
The famous Rong County Sha Tin grapefruit. Guangxi News Network reporter Qin Zheng photographed
In the Sha Tin Pomelo Market, fruit growers and merchants are talking happily. Guangxi News Network reporter Qin Zheng photographed
Rong County, Guangxi News Network, October 29 (Reporter Qin Zheng) Golden fruits are hanging on the branches, the fragrance of grapefruit is wafting for thousands of miles, and Rong County, a hometown of overseas Chinese, has ushered in a bumper harvest season for Shatian grapefruit. On the morning of October 29, the 2021 Rong County Sha tin grapefruit cultural tourism festival and overseas Chinese township celebration "Chinese Farmers Harvest Festival" activity opened in the Sha tin grapefruit kingdom scenic spot in the county. Many tourists come to experience the joy of harvesting, taste the delicious taste of "king of grapefruit", and feel the charm of "The Strange House of the World".
In addition to the highlight of the opening ceremony, the main event is to hold a literary and art evening, hold the 2021 Top Ten Sha Tin Pomelo Appraisal and Sha Tin Pomelo Industry Development Forum, as well as live streaming with goods, special catering appraisal, gourmet goods carnival, and you Rongzhou Ancient City Commercial Street· Pinbaiwei "Grand Bazaar", Duyao Mountain Rainbow Happy Run, Qianzi Rongzhou Overseas Chinese Township Self-driving Tour, "Guangxi People Tour Guangxi" "Guangxi People Tour Rong County", Rong County Tourism Promotion Conference, etc., covering six major aspects such as literature and art, publicity, sports, tourism, agriculture, commerce and trade. These activities are held to continuously enhance the popularity and reputation of the Sha tin grapefruit brand and the "World Qilou Qianzi Rongzhou" tourism brand, boost the development of local Shatian grapefruit, tourism and other industries, help rural revitalization, and promote the creation of the national global tourism demonstration zone and the smooth development of the review of Guangxi's characteristic tourist counties.
Rongxian Shatian grapefruit is a fine product of grapefruit, with the reputation of "the king of grapefruit". Local fruit growers have been cultivating Sha Tin grapefruit for more than 200 years. In recent years, Rong County has continuously expanded the scale of shatin grapefruit cultivation, and relying on high-quality tourism resources, through the annual shatin grapefruit cultural tourism festival and other activities, in-depth promotion of tourism and agriculture, with Sha tin grapefruit as the leader of the economic forest and fruit industry integrated development, with remarkable results. At present, the planting area of Shatian grapefruit in Rong County has reached 220,000 mu, the output has reached 250,000 tons, and the annual output value has reached 3 billion yuan. In 2020, Rongxian Shatian grapefruit became the first batch of "Guizi" regional public brands in Guangxi. Since 2018, RongXian has received more than 10 million tourists a year, and the total tourism consumption has exceeded 10 billion yuan. From January to September this year, Rong County received a total of 9.6405 million tourists, an increase of 41.8% year-on-year; the cumulative total tourism consumption was 10.798 billion yuan, an increase of 42.6% year-on-year.
"Rong County has beautiful mountains and rivers, abundant products, humanities, many scenic spots and historical sites, and has high-quality tourism resources such as The True Martial Pavilion of the World Qilou and the Duya Mountain of Danxia Landform." The responsible persons of travel agencies inside and outside the region who were invited to participate in the activities and carry out tourism route inspections said that in the later stage, they will continue to organize groups to carry out a series of tourism activities such as "Overseas Chinese Pomelo Festival Tour", "Drunken Beauty Village Tour" and "Study and Study Visit".