DM Monitoring
BEIJING: Despite the COVID-19 outbreak, Xinjiang region has developed tourism, promoting connectivity with Pakistan under CPEC. According to a report, the boom of Xinjiang tourism, a cultural corridor is constructed to link tourism of Pakistan and China. The connectivity will contribute to prosperity of the tourist economy and local poverty alleviation.
In 2020, tourist attractions in Xinjiang have an all-round update. Among them, 19 scenic spots got 4A level and Karamay World Devil City Scenic Spot got 5A level.
On December 28, Narati Tourist Resort was recognized as one of the 15 national tourist resorts of China selected in 2020, and became the first national tourist resort in Xinjiang.
Meanwhile, 3 routes in Xinjiang were selected as 2020 top 10 self-driving tour routes. As one of the 3 selected routes, “Symphony silk road” which provides a smooth transition between Chinese culture and Pakistani culture, meanwhile constructs geological connectivity between the two countries, links Chinese famous cultural spots such as Xi’an, Kashgar, Hotan, and so on to Pakistan. Xinjiang also digitized its tourism industry in 2020. The “Xinjiang Smart Tourism” management platform integrates cloud computing, big data, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, 5G, AR/VR, slow broadcast and other modern Internet application technologies, so that managers can learn the dynamic situation of scenic spots in real time and provide convenient and intelligent tourism services for tourists.
The experience of Xinjiang’s tourism has provided a new train of thought for Pakistan to develop tourism under pandemic and cultural globalization context also created opportunities for tourism connectivity between Pakistan and China under CPEC.
Yang Xiaolong, a famous Chinese traveler who used to travel to Pakistan by motorcycle through Xinjiang many times, said that Xinjiang plays an irreplaceable role in CPEC tourism connectivity. “In Xinjiang, we can see an existing belt, a real corridor from China to Pakistan which promotes not only economy but also cultural and geological exchange. ”
On the other hand, Archaeologists have uncovered a housing site dating back about 3,300 years in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
The site, spread over some 1,240 square meters and consisting of 12 rooms including an anteroom, a kitchen and a warehouse, was discovered in the Barkol Kazak autonomous county.
It appears to have been renovated, used and abandoned at least three times, according to Ren Meng from Northwest University in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, who is a leading member of the archaeological team. The first use of the site was estimated at sometime between 1300 BC and 1100 BC, and the second from 1100 BC to 900 BC. During the first two occupancies, the structure of the site remained basically unchanged.
Archaeologists identified the location of the kitchen on the basis of excavated relics, such as stoves, ash pits as well as barley in pottery containers, and deduced the positions of the main room and warehouse by analyzing the layout, wall structure and unearthed relics.
