China News Service, Ningde, October 6 (Reporters: Lu Qiaoqin and Ye Mao) In the golden autumn of October, when you walk into Dongyuan Village, Xiaoyang Town, Fu'an City, Fujian Province, space capsule B&Bs and forest starry sky camping sites are scattered in the mountains. Canyon hiking, tea-making experience and other businesses attract tourists one after another. The quiet mountain village is full of bustle.
Dongyuan Village's "Yunshan Valley" has gurgling canyon streams and space capsule B&Bs built against the mountains. The integration of agriculture and tourism brings new vitality to the alpine villages. Photo by China News reporter Ye Mao
Sun Guang, secretary of the Xiaoyang Town Party Committee, recently told a reporter from China News Service that Dongyuan Village is an important carrier of the integration of agriculture, culture and tourism in Xiaoyang Town, and its changes are a microcosm of the town's rural development driven by the alpine grape industry.
Alpine late-ripening Kyoho grapes are the characteristic leading industry in Xiaoyang Town, with a planting area of more than 10,000 acres, an annual output of more than 12,000 tons, and an annual output value of more than 150 million yuan. "Compared with surrounding production areas, our core competitiveness is 'high mountain late ripening, staggered peak marketing, rich in selenium and zinc, quality control, and brand operation.'" Sun Guang introduced that the town has set up a special class for the grape industry and launched 19 measures to directly increase the income of fruit farmers through guaranteed purchase of orders, "grape + potato / sweet potato" intercropping and other measures.
For example, the guaranteed purchase of orders focuses on Dongyuan Village, covering about 600 acres of cultivated land and more than 100 farmers. The purchase price is 10% higher than the average market price, and the village's annual income is about 9 million yuan; the intercropping model has been promoted to more than 1,500 acres, covering more than 230 households.
"When encountering typhoons and heavy rains, grapes are prone to cracking and damage. If you have guaranteed purchase orders, you are not afraid of middlemen lowering prices at will." Li Zejin, a villager in Dongyuan Village, grows 6 acres of grapes. He not only participates in order planting, but also tries to interplant sweet potatoes under the grape trellis. "Interplanting will increase the harvest for one season. Tourists come to the village to pick, and the agricultural products will also have more retail sales."
The booming grape industry continues to drive the rise of rural cultural tourism. Dongyuan's "Yunshan Valley" alpine agricultural and cultural tourism complex was officially put into operation in August this year. More than 6 million yuan was invested in the early stage of the project, focusing on creating four core business formats: alpine wellness, mountain vacation, black tea experience, and parent-child study, and striving to build an immersive rural micro-resort destination.
Wu Hui, the person in charge of the third-party operator of "Yunshan Valley", said that during the National Day, the occupancy rate of the capsule B&B exceeded 80%. The capsule bed and breakfast is equipped with a full set of facilities such as sofas, beds, air conditioning, and independent bathrooms. It is equipped with a whole-house intelligent system. The 270-degree panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows reveal the green mountains. The sense of technology and the mountain scenery are integrated, and it is very popular among tourists.
Relatives of villager Peng Chengmu work in the space capsule B&B and have a stable salary income. He said frankly that in the past, all his income came from growing grapes, but now with the new income from working, it can enhance the family's ability to withstand risks.
Sun Guang said that the next step will be led by the "Yunshan Xiaoyang" tourism infrastructure special bond project and the second phase of the Dongyuan project to promote the construction of the second phase of coffee and black tea themed streets, connect scenic spots along the line to create overnight tour routes, promote tourists to change from "passing tours" to "overnight tours", launch the brand of "a grape with a string of mountains and rivers, a town with hidden treasures", promote the integrated operation of agriculture, culture and tourism in the entire region, and allow more villagers to increase their income and become rich at home. (over)
