Lijiang reaps awards in Guizhou

Lijiang won awards at a meeting held by the Xinhuanet and Tongren city government of Guizhou province from Oct 29 to 30 to decide China's most beautiful scenic spots and find ways to fuse innovation with tourism.

Lijiang was named as one of "China's most beautiful destinations" and "a featured cultural scenic spot". He Liping, head of Lijiang Old Town’s protection and management bureau, shared her opinion at the meeting on integrating innovation with tourism.

He Liping, head of the Lijiang Old Town's protection and management bureau, speaks after Lijiang was awarded prizes on Oct 29. [Photo/ynci.cn]

The meeting, comprised of four parts including an investment cooperation summit, welcomed over 300 representatives of tourism companies, investors and tourism cities and scenic spots from across China.

"In recent years we have been working hard on cultural heritage protection, tourism industry development and poverty alleviation," said He Liping.

She added that Lijiang uses "tourism + Internet" big data applications to deal with the management and services work.

Lijiang has also developed other industries by promoting tourism. It is now a world-renowned scenic spots and China's only entry on five noteworthy lists including world cultural heritage cities and national historical and cultural cities.