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NANJING, China, Nov. 11, 2021 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

Feeding the deer, experiencing tie-dyeing and ceramic making in the Guchengwan

Scenic Area, participating in the farming experience at Gaogang Qinghua Farming

and Reading Commune, and staying at a European-style garden house next to Youzi

Mountain... Recently, the 21st China-Gaochungu Gucheng Lake Crab Festival is

being held. A number of new scenic spots and beautiful homestays in Gaochun,

Nanjing are displayed, refreshing and bringing more Gaochun new ways to the

tourists, according to the Management Committee of Gaochun International

Cittaslow Resort.

Gaochun is located at the southernmost point of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. It

is the hometown of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River. The unique

ecological environment and the slow-paced pastoral life make it an ideal place

for an "International Cittaslow". In 2010, the "Ecological Journey" of Nanjing

Gaochun Yaxi was officially awarded the title of China's first "International

Cittaslow" by the World Cittaslow Organization, and was subsequently

established as the China headquarters of the International Cittaslow Alliance.

Over the years, Gaochun insisted on "ecology first with green development", and

delivered an excellent answer for ecological enrichment; at the same time,

relying on the brand, the concept was integrated into the global tourism

planning, building a cittaslow across the country. Gaochun is also actively

exploring new projects that combine B&B hotels, local culture and leisure

agriculture, and integrate local resources into cultural tourism products.

While enriching tourists' vacation experience, it promotes the high-quality

development of rural tourism and promotes rural revitalization.

Taking the four major festivals as the starting point, Gaochun comprehensively

enhances the influence of Gaochun's tourism brand through online and onsite

global marketing, and creates a global tourism atmosphere of "fun for four

seasons". Gaochun has adopted the form of driving rural tourism with global

tourism, driving "fast development" with the "slow concept". This kind of

top-level design awareness and the development model adapted to the actual

development of the countryside may be a reference for the villages dedicated to

the development of tourism and homestay industry.

Source: The Management Committee of Gaochun International Cittaslow Resort