From December 27th to 29th, the Thematic Training Workshop on "Mountain Tourism Pattern Innovation and Community Co-Construction" was held in Chengdu. The training focused on in-depth analysis and case sharing around the theme, exploring and grasping the characteristics and laws of mountain tourism operations, and obtaining methodological guidance for ideological leadership and practical support. The International Mountain Tourism Alliance (IMTA) invited experts in domestic tourism and related fields to give systematic and high-quality specialized lectures. IMTA members, industry representatives, representatives of mountain tourism destinations in Guizhou Province, Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism, and representatives of related industries participated in the training.

"Hot spring is a world-wide culture about health and happiness", Wang Jie, the president of Asia-Pacific Institute for Hydrotherapy and Climatotherapy Tourism (APIHC), introduced different types of health care industries such as hot spring health care, climate health care and forest health care around the theme of "innovative development of mountain hot spring vacation industry", and shared corresponding tourism cases. Wang Jie pointed out that "hot spring + health care" is the core driving force for achieving breakthrough development of local tourism, and mountain hot spring tourism is also an important force to promote rural revitalization. With hot spring tourism as the pillar, with life service industry as the leading, with cultural industry as the characteristic, focusing on village appearance, farming culture, characteristic agriculture, will build a "hot spring + agriculture, culture, tourism and health" integration industrial development pattern.

Wang Jie, the president of Asia-Pacific Institute for Hydrotherapy and Climatotherapy Tourism (APIHC)

Source: IMTA