LIUZHOU, China, Dec 30 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — “In front of the Po’e Mountain, the jade-like river water flows to the east, and a literatus is standing at the bow in the distance.” (by Liu Zongyuan, Tang Dynasty, The Reply to Cao Shiyu’s Letter When He Passing Xiangxian County). Under the Po’e Mountain, the millennial ancient town and white sand with snail is the cultural tourist IP newly cultivated in Yufeng District, Liuzhou City. As the core area of inheriting historic culture in Liuzhou City, Yufeng District deeply digs its own resource endowment, strives for innovation and changes while adhering to the tradition, and comprehensively promotes the cultural tourism industry in its jurisdiction to take a new step of high-quality development.
The number of tourists in 2021 was 8,966,800, a year-on-year increase of 16.43%; Tourism consumption registered 10.181 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17%. In the first half of 2022, the total number of tourists and total tourism consumption ranked first in all counties and districts of Liuzhou City. Yufeng District has successively won the honorary titles of the Hometown of Chinese Folk Culture and Art and the Demonstration District of Ecologic Tourism throughout Guangxi, according to the Publicity Department of Yufeng District.