12 | Wednesday, August 26, 2020 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY Characteristic towns attracting tourism, greater development Hunan highlights heritage, cherished cultural differences of its ethnic groups Located in Zixing, a countylevel city under Hunan’s Chenzhou city, Huangcao town is a nationally famous tourist destination with impressive landscape. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Fascinating places offer multitude of historical sites and experiences Miaoertan town Huaihua city, and has won the honorary titles mote its high-quality development, Luyuan of Hunan’s beautiful town, Hunan’s ecologi- town welcomed 1.37 million tourists last year, cal town and Hunan’s characteristic cultural achieving tourism revenue worth 756 million tourism town. Beidouxi town is working on yuan. promoting its homestay travel, study travel and special agricultural products. In 2019, Huangcao town Beidouxi town received 300,000 tourists, with tourism revenue reaching 60 million yuan. It is estimated that in three years, the town will welcome 1 million visitors and achieve a total tourism revenue of 200 mil- lion yuan. The Hunan province launches 10 new characteristic cultural Located in Longshan county, Xiangxi Tujia tourism towns for 2020, on July 15 in Changsha. and Miao autonomous prefecture, Miaoertan Hongjiaguan Bai town is notable for its traditional Tujia culture ethnic group township and diverse intangible cultural heritage, includ- By ZHANG DANDAN percent year-on-year, according to ing the Tujia dialect folk song, Tujia traditional
[email protected] the local government. dance and Tujia brocade. In 2019, the town Located in Zixing, a county-level city under Furong town in Yongshun coun- received 450,000 tourists, achieving a tourism Chenzhou city, Huangcao town is a national The Hunan Provincial Depart- ty, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autono- revenue worth 90 million yuan ($13 million).