What is the significance of the end of the 2017 Chinese Dragon Boat Competition?

On December 10, the just-concluded 2017 Chinese Dragon Boat Competition Grand Final was exciting and intense, with citizens and tourists on both sides of the Lingshui River crying out for more, and viewers across the country catching a glimpse of the passionate excitement of the Chinese Dragon Boat Competition on TV. Ancient and young dragon boat sport, has a long history of cultural origins, carrying a deep national emotions, showing the same boat ****, unity and hard work of sportsmanship.

At the same time, Lingshui, the southern section of Hainan Island, the bright "pearl", opened the "culture and sports + tourism" a new model, in the exploration of moving forward, in practice to test the true knowledge.

"Sports City" is y rooted in people's hearts

By hosting national and even international sports events, Lingshui, which is rich in tourism resources, has been accumulating experience in organizing tournaments, building up its own sports brand, and expanding the popularity and reputation of Lingshui.

Chen Chunmei, deputy head of the Lingshui Lizu autonomous county people's government, said, "In recent years, Lingshui has successfully hosted a series of influential sports events, such as the Chinese Dragon Boat Race, the China International Badminton Challenge, and the National Square Dance Finals, so that the image of the 'City of Sports' is gradually taking root in people's hearts. y rooted in people's hearts."

It is worth mentioning that, taking advantage of the national badminton team, the national artistic gymnastics team training base, Lingshui actively do a good job of coordination, service work, to "training" to improve visibility.

"From organizing small competitions to large competitions, from national competitions to international competitions, Lingshui starts from the continuous improvement of infrastructure construction, improve the ability to host events, and create Lingshui's characteristic cultural and sports brand." Chen Shihong, director of the Lingshui County Culture, Radio, Television, Publication and Sports Bureau, said Lingshui was awarded the "Tournament Honor Award" by the National Badminton Federation for successfully hosting the China (Lingshui) Badminton Challenge in 2017.

"Culture and Sports + Tourism" ship set sail

In recent years, Lingshui has continued to introduce large-scale cultural and sports projects to drive the development of industrialization, maximize the value of the tournament, and disseminate Lingshui's unique tourism resources with the help of the tournament, boosting the development of the tourism industry.

In fact, the integration of this new model is becoming a new weapon in the development of tourism in Lingshui. With the help of the fruit cycling picking season activities, Lingshui launched "leisure cycling + tourism"; the use of Hongjiaoling kapok walking trail and Dali waterfalls trestle, the development of "hiking and mountaineering + tourism" ... ...In June 2017, the State General Administration of Sports and the provincial government consultation, to be identified as "badminton characteristics of the industrial town" Lingshui, will be fully integrated into the sports culture of the "hundred towns and thousands of villages" in the construction. According to statistics, as of late August this year, 2017 Lingshui sports reception has reached 132,600 people, sports tourism revenue of 67.83 million yuan.

The next step, Lingshui will dig deep to fit the characteristics of Lingshui sports brand, service the masses, universal benefit to the masses. At the same time, through the promotion of Lingshui regional characteristics and brands, expanding the popularity of Lingshui, and ultimately realize the sports to feed the economic construction.

"In the future, we will continue to promote the integration of sports and tourism, expanding new development space for the sports industry, as well as providing resources and power for the tourism industry to continue to utilize." Chen Chunmei said, "The ship of Lingshui's 'culture, sports + tourism' has set sail."