A vibrant tapestry of spring blooms is unfolding across China, transforming rural farmlands and ecological parks into major tourist destinations, as local authorities have stepped up their efforts to integrate agriculture, culture and tourism to benefit locals.
In Wuhu City of east China's Anhui Province, an endless sea of rapeseed flowers blended seamlessly with nearby villages and distant green mountains, drawing a constant stream of visitors especially after more visually appealing colorful rapeseed flowers like orange-red, pink, light purple, and milky white were planted this year.
A vast expanse of pale pink cherry blossom garden in Wenzhou City of east China's Zhejiang Province attracted tourists from all over the country. During the peak blooming season this year, it received an average of nearly 5,000 tourists per day, with a peak of nearly 20,000. The flower viewing period lasts from February to early April.
The Nanjing Green Expo Park offers one of the most awaited tulip exhibitions from March 7 to April 6 with 180,000 tulips of 22 varieties in their prime. There are also stunning art installations for photo ops, featuring windmills plus a dazzling sea of flowers plus dreamy backdrops all in one frame. It welcomed nearly 100,000 visitors in the first four days since opening, generating over 300,000 yuan (over 43,000 U.S. dollars).
In a village adjacent to the Yangtze River in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, over 130 hectares of plum blossoms are in full bloom, covering the hillsides in the vibrant spring. Capitalizing on its ecological advantages, the village has developed a rural industry that offers blossom viewing in spring and fruit picking in summer, thus promoting the integrated development of agriculture, culture, and tourism. A pear orchard has entered its best viewing period in Gejiu City of neighboring Yunnan Province. Local authorities have introduced a variety of cultural experience activities and created new consumption scenarios to fuel a robust flower viewing economy. It has received over 20,000 visitors since the start of this year's flower appreciation season on March 5.
Spring flowers turn China’s farmlands and parks into tourist draws
Spring flowers turn China’s farmlands and parks into tourist draws
