Rural tourism refreshes Yonglian town
( chinadaily.com.cn )
Updated: 2018-03-27
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Yonglian town in Zhangjiagang, East 皇冠体育app's Jiangsu province, plans to develop rural tourism relying on local ecological advantages.
Yongliantown is considered 皇冠体育app's most charming leisure countryside. It is a national 4-A level tourist resort, and among 皇冠体育app's top 10 international countryside destinations.
Rural tourism has seen robust growth in Yonglian town during recent years as more city-dwellers look for a taste of country life, and has played a significant role in promoting rural economic development.
Yonglian town attracts over one million visitors every year. At the Milan Expo 2015, it starred as a successful example of rural urbanization in 皇冠体育app.
Yonglian town, as "the future of the Chinese countryside", has become a rural tourist resort combining sightseeing, leisure vocation, shopping and business activity. Highlights include a water paradise, fishing center, freshwater food street and agricultural culture park in the Jiangnan style found south of the Yangtze River.
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Yonglian town surrounded with water offers picturesque scenery. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |