In the vast land of Shanxi Province, the Taihang No. 1 Tourist Highway is like a giant dragon crossing the mountains, connecting many scenic spots with quaint villages. Among them, the Pingding section of Taihang No. 1 Tourist Highway has become a model for driving the common prosperity of villages along the route with its unique charm and remarkable results. This highway not only connects many scenic spots, but also integrates the development concept of "highway + tourism" into it, realizing the integrated development of cultural tourism, health care and rural revitalization.
The Pingding section of Taihang No. 1 Tourist Highway runs through the whole territory from north to south, connecting many scenic spots such as Niangziguan Scenic Area, and radiating many surrounding towns and administrative villages. Focusing on the integration of traffic and tourism, Pingding County has planned four areas of "Taihang Rhyme, Qingshan Show", "Taihang Heart, National Soul", "Tai Market, Red Song" and "Taihang Beauty, Scholarly Fragrance" along the Taihang No. 1 Tourist Highway, breaking the "scenic spot tourism model", connecting various historical and cultural elements, natural geographical elements, traditional folk elements and characteristic product elements in Pingding, forming a multi-level, multi-time, multi-perspective and multi-experience all-for-one tourism integrating "road, rail, water and air combined transport, landscape, farmland, lake and grass, food, housing, travel, shopping and entertainment". A new model of panoramic tourism. It not only greatly improves the traffic conditions of the villages along the route, but also injects strong impetus into the vigorous development of local tourism.
The picture shows the Pingding section of Taihang No. 1 Tourist Highway.
As a bright pearl along the tourist highway, Niangziguan Scenic Area attracts countless tourists with its unique natural scenery and profound historical and cultural heritage. With the completion and opening of Taihang No. 1 Tourist Highway, tourists can more conveniently arrive at Niangziguan Scenic Area and enjoy its beautiful scenery and cultural charm. At the same time, the farmhouses, homestays and other tourism service facilities around the scenic spot have also ushered in unprecedented development opportunities, and the villagers have devoted themselves to tourism to achieve employment and income increase at their doorstep.
"After the completion of Taihang No. 1 Tourist Highway, the tourism environment around the scenic spot has been improved, and many villagers have joined the tourism development and opened farmhouses, restaurants, and specialty shops, which have brought more tourists to the scenic spot with the safety and convenience of travel and the improvement of tourism service quality." Bai Dianwei, deputy director of the Management Committee of Niangziguan Tourist Scenic Spot, said.
The picture shows the Niangziguan "Water People" farmhouse.
In addition to the Niangziguan Scenic Area, Longding Lake Station is also an important node on the Pingding section of Taihang No. 1 Tourist Highway. Located along the highway, this station not only provides tourists with a convenient place to rest and enjoy the scenery, but also serves as an important window to showcase local culture and products. Here, tourists can taste authentic Pingding food, buy characteristic handicrafts and local products, and feel the strong rural atmosphere and humanistic feelings.
Mr. He and his friends from Zhejiang entered Shanxi along the Yellow Tourist Highway and came to the Taihang Mountains in Pingding. Longding Lake Station has good scenery, cool climate, and very good service facilities, so I am ready to stay here for two more days and enjoy the slow life in the Taihang Mountains. Mr. He said.
The picture shows the Longding Lake Station.
In recent years, Pingding County has adhered to the concept of green development, relying on the convenient transportation and landscape advantages of Taihang No. 1 Tourist Highway, actively creating a development model of "highway + tourism", and adhering to the systematic planning and integrated promotion of "roads, scenery, villages and industries". Through measures such as improving tourism infrastructure, improving the quality of tourism services, and enriching the supply of tourism products, the in-depth integration of cultural tourism, health care and rural revitalization has been successfully promoted, which has greatly improved the quality of life and happiness of residents along the route. At present, the collective income of villages along the Pingding section of Taihang No. 1 Tourist Highway continues to grow, various business entities are booming, and tourism service facilities such as homestays and farmhouses have sprung up, bringing tangible benefits to local villagers.
In the process of promoting the construction of tourist highways, Pingding County pays attention to the improvement of supporting facilities. The comprehensive construction of the "five supporting systems" such as slow traffic system, service system, landscape system, information system, and farmland financialization system provides a safe, comfortable and convenient tourism environment for tourists. Visitors can enjoy the fun of slow travel on cycling trails and hiking trails, and can also feel intimate services in service facilities such as post stations, observation decks, and parking lots. At the same time, the construction of the farmland financialization system has also effectively developed the local agricultural industry, opening up a new way for farmers to increase their income and get rich.
The successful construction of Taihang No. 1 Tourist Highway has not only injected new vitality into the economic and social development of Pingding County, but also provided a new path and model for rural revitalization. In the future, Pingding County will continue to use the tourist highway as a link to deeply tap the potential of local resources, promote the deep integration of cultural tourism, health care and rural revitalization, and inject new vitality into the local economic and social development.
(Source: Yellow River News Network)