On November 7th, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism made a public announcement on the proposed list of 15 new national-level tourist resorts in 2022. The Yueyang Dongting Lake Tourist Resort was selected, becoming the only resort in Hunan Province on the list this time.

The Yueyang Dongting Lake Tourist Resort is located in the south of Yueyang City, with the vast Dongting Lake in the west, the Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway in the east, the central urban area in the north, and green mountains in the south. Relying on Nanhu Lake, the resort plans to set up a tourism corridor around the Nanhu Lake. It focuses on the development of eco-tourism and leisure and entertainment industries. With the Hubin Garden south of the Nanhu Lake as the carrier, it is designed to demonstrate the Hubin Green Sci-tech Industrial Park, which will mainly develop high-tech and pollution-free, low-energy environmentally-friendly industries.

The Yueyang Dongting Lake Tourist Resort inherits the traditional folk culture of dragon boat racing. It has successfully held the first World Dragon Boat Racing Championship, the first National Water Sports Competition and other significant activities, and created the well-known Yueyang International Dragon Boat Festival brand. Dragon Boat Museum; Taibai poetry, wine, and tea; cruise ships and other projects are trendy among tourists. Nanhu Square and the Nanhu Lake Tourist Corridor have become central leisure areas for citizens to spend holidays. The tourist corridor has been listed as one of Hunan's top 20 leisure attractions.

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Xiao Juan

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn