Zhangye Municipal Government officially disclosed on the 26th that this year Zhangye will build more than 50 key tourism projects and complete investment of more than 4 billion yuan. Efforts will be made to intensify the overall development of tourism, improve the comprehensive tourism service system, cultivate tourism brands, innovate tourism marketing, and strengthen the supervision of the tourism market, in order to create a world-renowned tourist destination.
From 2010 to 2017, Zhangye City saw an increase in the number of visitors received from 1.87 million visitors to 25.99 million, and tourism comprehensive income rose from 9.16. Billion yuan to 15.7 billion yuan, an increase of 13 times and 17 times, respectively, and the number of visitors received and tourism comprehensive income increased by nearly 30% for seven consecutive years.
Zhangye located in the middle of Gansu Hexi Corridor. It is an area rich in high-grade comprehensive tourism resources, Buddhist temples and Grottoes, glaciers and snow mountains, forest and grasslands, oasis with fertile soil, wetland with reeds, colorful Danxia, canyon and lakes, Gobi Desert and other extreme landscapes. It is a unique combination of all the geological landscapes in the world except the ocean.