OREANDA-NEWS. November 30, 2012. Anhui will greatly advance the construction of international tourism & culture demonstration zone in South Anhui.

The model zone includes Huangshan, Chizhou, Xuancheng, Wuhu, Maanshan, Tongling and the part of Anqing. The population in the model zone is 10.696 million and the total area reaches 38220 square kilometers. South Anhui is the area where the scattering of tourism resource with high quality is the densest. Mt.Huangshan and Mt.Jiuhua are well-known scenic area in the world. The characteristic culture tourism such as Hui Culture Tourism, Buddhist culture tourism, Four Treasures of Study and copper culture tourism are loved by tourists from home and abroad.

According to statistics, the received tourists in South Anhui exceeded 80 million person times in 2012, including inbound tourists surpassing 3 million person times and the annual tourism revenue exceeded 80 billion RMB.

According to Planning Outline for the Construction of International Tourism & Culture Demonstration Zone in South Anhui, by 2015 the received tourists will reach 99.68 million person times and the tourism revenue will hit 98.4 billion RMB. The tourism industry will take up 26% of local GDP.