High-quality development of cultural & tourism in Zhengzhou

Zhengzhou Shangdu Site Museum, Dahe Village National Archaeological Site Park, Unique Henan·Land of Drama and other new forms of tourism in Zhengzhou compete to "become a household name"...... with the implementation of a number of major projects, the strategy of integrating culture, tourism and innovation in Zhengzhou has been gradually deepened and solidified. The city’s cultural brand " learn the primitive history of China in Zhengzhou” is more popular.

At 8 PM on Feb. 24, lights lit up in a hollow of Songshan Mountain in Dengfeng City, Zhengzhou Zen Music Shaolin Grand Ceremony launched for the first time this year. Despite the cold spring under the night, but the scene was packed with audience came from all over the country.

“We launched a series of cultural tourism activities to benefit the people, which greatly stimulated people's enthusiasm for travel and consumption potential. Currently, the city's cultural tourism market is recovering strongly." Said Jing Xueping, director of Zhengzhou Administration of Culture, Radio, Film, Television and Tourism. Statistics show that in January of 2023, Zhengzhou received a total of 14.827,200 domestic tourists, a year-on-year growth of 44.13%; Total revenue from domestic tourism reached 17.752 billion yuan, which was a year-on-year increase of 35.47%”.

On February 22, the People's Government of Zhengzhou issued a notice on printing and distributing the 2023 National economic and social Development Plan of Zhengzhou. It clearly pointed out that in 2023, 82 key cultural and tourism projects, such as Zhengzhou Tourism Distribution Center, Zhengzhou National Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Hall, Zhengzhou Chinese Road of Rejuvenation and Zhengzhou Haichang Ocean Park, should be promoted. It aims to receive 130 million tourists and generate 145 billion yuan in tourism revenue.

According to the 2023 National Economic And Social Development Plan issued by Zhengzhou, the city should continue to carry out cultural and tourism consumption activities, steadily carry out the construction of national cultural and tourism consumption demonstration city, and earnestly do well in the establishment of national and provincial night cultural tourism consumption gathering area and national cultural export base.(source: ZMG, Henan Daily)