County in Guangxi boosts high quality rural tourism

Fully leveraging its abundant tourism resources, Pingnan county, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has developed various forms of facilities catering for tourists including agri-tainment, R&Bs and camping sites, realizing the rapid growth of the tourism sector.

Photo shows the beautiful scenery of Beidi Mountain in Dapeng township, Pingnan county, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Photo/People's Daily Online)

In recent years, the Dapeng township in Pingnan has combined environmental and humanity resources to build up high quality rural tourism, which led to the establishment of the Beidi Mountain tourist area.

Beidi Mountain lies at the southern foot of Dayao Mountains. With forest coverage rate reaching 80 percent, the mountain boasts a high quality of air and water with negative oxygen ions reaching 20,000 cubic centimeters.

In 2018, the Beidi Mountain scenic area was listed as a national 4A-level tourist attraction, and it has recently become a preferred destination for visitors from Guangxi, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.

The scenic area has seen the number of visitors soar in the past few years. The recorded tourist entries skyrocketed from over 100,000 in 2018 to 800,000. Newly-built freeways and highways linking Dapeng township with several cities in south China have fueled the increase of visitors.

As of Feb. 26, 2023, Beidi Mountain served more than 5,000 visitors and over 40 travel groups, who mainly came from Guangdong and other regions of Guangxi. Since the beginning of the year, the scenic area has received between 5,000 to 7,000 visitors on weekends, and 500 to 1,000 on weekdays. The scenic area has recorded over 100,000 visits, which generated nearly 20 million yuan ($2.91 million).

Photo shows a camping site in Luode village of Dapeng township, Pingnan county, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Photo/People's Daily Online)

Dapeng township has been digging deep into various characteristic cultures and providing visitors with diversified experiences, including camping and cultural tourism.

Luode village of the township has built more than three camping sites on abandoned land, receiving over 10,000 visits during the Spring Festival holiday this year.

The town has renovated 2,088 buildings, hoping to provide visitors with tours combining local culture and nature.

In 2022, Dapeng township received over 960,000 visits from tourists, and 32.73 million yuan ($4.76 million) in revenue was generated from tourism.