Zhu Jinyi.
Recently, the Jizheng high-speed railway has been put into operation. The fastest travel time between Jinan and Zhengzhou has been shortened to 1 hour and 43 minutes, and "drinking spicy soup in Zhengzhou in the morning and eating seafood in Jinan at noon" has become a reality. On the first day of opening, the Henan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism went to Jinan City and Zhengzhou City respectively to hold cultural tourism promotion activities to strengthen cooperation in the development of cultural tourism along the Yellow City.
At the site of the "Yulu Appointment" Henan Cultural Tourism Promotion Conference, the Henan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism launched five theme tourism routes of "Traveling in Henan by High-speed Rail", covering the new rhyme of the ancient capital, Frozen, Kung Fu experience, Tang and Song poems, Confucius traveling around the world and other special content. Puyang, Kaifeng, Luoyang and other cities along the Jizheng high-speed railway brought local food, characteristic intangible cultural heritage, and cultural and creative goods to the stage for literary and artistic performances.
Zhou Yaoxia, deputy director of the Henan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, said that the opening of the Jizheng high-speed railway once again connects the "hometown of Henan" with the land of Qilu, providing more travel options for the people of the two provinces. It is hoped that the two places will continue to expand the broad space of the Yellow River's culture and tourism, realize resource sharing, complementary advantages, market interaction, and mutual delivery of tourists, and jointly promote the high-quality development of culture and tourism in the two provinces.
At the site of the "Meet the Sea along the Yellow River, Hospitality Shandong Yu See You" Winter Cultural Tourism Product Promotion Conference, 16 cities in Shandong Province jointly released four winter theme tourism products of "Ecological Leisure", "Vitality and Passion", "Humanistic Customs" and "Comfortable Warmth". The reporter learned that in order to attract more tourists to take the high-speed rail to Shandong, Shandong Province has launched corresponding preferential policies, from December 9, 2023 to February 8, 2024, all tourists who take the Jizheng high-speed rail to Shandong can enjoy a ticket discount of no less than 5% off the first ticket of the state-owned A-level tourist attraction within 3 days.
Wang Lei, director of the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, said that Shandong and Henan are geographically close and close to each other, and are both provinces with large population, economy, culture and tourism along the Yellow River, and have long been important tourist sources and destinations for each other. The opening of the Jinan-Zhengzhou high-speed railway has made the two provinces closer and more convenient, and further set up a bridge between the two provinces to talk about cooperation and seek common development.
It is understood that the Jinan-Zhengzhou high-speed railway is 407 kilometers long, starting from Zhengzhou East Railway Station and ending at Jinan West Railway Station, passing through Xinxiang, Puyang, Shen County, Liaocheng and other historical and cultural cities, connecting Dengfeng Shaolin Temple, Liaocheng Guangyue Tower, Jinan Daming Lake and a number of historical and cultural scenic spots, which is an important passage through northeast Henan and connecting the coastal areas of Jiaodong. After the opening of the Jinan-Zhengzhou high-speed railway, it not only realizes the "hand-in-hand" high-speed railway of Shandong and Henan provinces, but also connects the provincial capitals along the Yellow River such as Jinan, Zhengzhou, Xi'an and Xining, injecting new momentum into the construction of tourist destinations along the Yellow River.