Last year, Sichuan Province saw 430 million
domestic visits, achieving tourism revenue of 650 billion yuan. At a provincial
conference attended by director-generals of Sichuan's bureaus of culture and
tourism on January 19, the main culture and tourism data of the province in
2020 were announced.
In 2020, Sichuan's culture and tourism units
strove for the resumption of work and production while emphasizing epidemic
prevention and control. The province issued Ten Measuresfor the resumption of
work and production of culture and tourism enterprises, issued guidelines for
the opening of tourist attractions and public cultural institutions, launched
such activities as an online art-based fight for epidemic control, cloud
exhibitions and cloud performances, and implemented restoration and development
plans to resume work, production and industry in an orderly manner. Besides, Sichuan-Chongqing
cooperation, industrial development, literary and artistic creation, public
services and other work, with many highlights, were also promoted in an orderly manner.
In 2020, Sichuan started the building of
Bashu Cultural Tourism Corridor in all respectsand helped the designated five
counties, 17 townships and 24 villages out of poverty. With the deepening of
reform and innovation in culture and tourism, the province
made new breakthroughs in many fields.
Sichuan completed a census of culture and
tourism resources. It also staged various activities under the themes of
"Sichuan, More Than Pandas", "Tour Sichuan Online" and
"China (Sichuan) Giant Panda Culture and Tourism Week (Online)" in
more than 30 countries and regions.
In the development of culture and tourism
industries, Sichuan improved and promoted the Six Mechanisms of key culture and
tourism projects. In 2020, there were 414 key culture and tourism projects
under construction in the province, with a total investment of 156.48 billion
yuan. The province issued 11.61 billion yuan of local government special bonds
for culture and tourism, created one new demonstration area and two new
demonstration projects of the national public cultural service system, and
strove to make Sanxingdui Site be listed in the first batch of national
demonstration areas for the conservation and utilization of cultural relics. In
addition, China granted another two tourist attractions in Sichuan a 5A rating
and another 15 ones a 4A rating. What's more, the province saw another five
national all-for-one tourism demonstration zones, another one national tourist
resort, another 23 national key villages for rural tourism, another four
national first-class museums, and another 10 famous tourist counties of Tianfu.