Three Wuxi towns claim provincial tourism reputation

Hufu tea tour town in the Yangxian ecological tourist resort area of Yixing is included in Jiangsu province's first batch of 13 "distinctive tourism towns". [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Hufu tea tour town

Located in the Yangxian ecological tourist resort area in Yixing, Hufu is surrounded by green mountains with plenty of negative oxygen ions, covering a total area of 10 square kilometers, including 4 square kilometers of water.

Yang Xian tea is the theme of the town. With music, meditation, culture and other activities on offer, it strives to foster a unique tourism town by creating a "deep oxygen" resort complex and a Tang Dynasty Gong tea culture village project.

Yangshan peach orchard town is included in Jiangsu province's first batch of 13 "distinctive tourism towns". [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Yangshan peach orchard town

The town, with a planning area of 3 km , receives more than 500,000 tourists each year. "A billion years of volcanic eruptions, 10,000 mu of peach orchard, 1,000-year-old temples and 100 years of college" are the unique cultural resources of Yangshan.

The town will create a one-stop experience tourist destination by building an "Eastern pastoral complex", building the brand of Yangshan peaches, and supporting the development of related industries like resort hotels, boutique homestays, leisure, culture and creative businesses and health care services.