Chapter 220 Cultural Tourism Work (2)
During the Qingming Festival holiday, Taozhou City received 123,000 tourists, of which Zhaoyang County received 75,000 tourists, accounting for 60.9% of the city's total tourists.
Let me put it this way, Zhaoyang County is so crowded that tourists have nowhere to stay and can’t book a farmhouse. The roads leading up the mountain are even blocked.
Some villages, even entire ones, had transformed themselves into farmhouses, hoping to cash in on the quick profits. However, the county's review was extremely strict this time, and Jiang Ningyue, a man of few words, sought out Mr. A and Mr. B and had them arrange for an investigation into the county's failure to issue business licenses as required and the farmhouses' substandard conditions.
After all, a small county is a society of personal relationships. In the past, Zhaoyang County did not have enough tourists, so not many people were interested in this aspect.
Nowadays, many people have seen the prospects of this industry, so there are many people who take advantage of loopholes.
As an "outsider", Jiang Ningyue doesn't care about any tricks here. As long as someone tries to deceive her, she will definitely deal with it to the maximum extent.
In the half month leading up to the Qingming Festival, a total of 37 party members and cadres were punished in the county, five of whom were demoted or dismissed.
Against this backdrop, cadres throughout the county understood that the phrase "change people if you don't change your thinking" was not empty talk.
It doesn't seem to be a choice whether to choose an official hat or a few thousand dollars.
With the unanimous support of the whole county, this Qingming Festival delivered such a satisfactory result.
After the Qingming Festival, the filming of "Yearning Season 2" began. Unlike the one-year season in her previous life, Jiang Ningyue couldn't stay in Shannan Province for that long, so she chose a three-month season.
However, after the first season aired, Gu Meng and the others had significantly more announcements. Therefore, they planned to complete filming this season in April.
The early stages of preparations for "The Storm" have been completed and filming is set to begin in mid-May.
After the filming of the second season of "Longing" was completed, and the May Day holiday was approaching, Gu Meng asked curiously: "Yueyue, are you going home for May Day?"
"I guess I won't be able to leave on May Day."
Jiang Ningyue thought for a moment and said, "Let's see if there are many people coming to the county to travel during the May Day holiday."
"oh."
Gu Meng felt a little regretful when she heard this.
Jiang Ningyue smiled and said, "But after May Day is over, I'll be relaxed. If you want to go somewhere to play, let's go."
"I don't want to go out and play."
Gu Meng said with some regret, "I want to visit your home. I've known you for so many years, but I haven't met your uncle and aunt yet."
"Okay."
Jiang Ningyue agreed, "Then stay at my house for two days, and then we can go somewhere else."
"good."
Before the Qingming Festival, the county set up a special cultural and tourism working group, with County Mayor Lin and Jiang Ningyue as group leaders, and He Zhi and others as deputy group leaders.
County Mayor Lin is mainly responsible for coordination work, and the main work is still under the responsibility of Jiang Ningyue.
If Qingming Festival brings in the majority of tourists from this city or neighboring cities, the May Day holiday brings in tourists from all over the country. Besides self-driving tours, many also come to Zhaoyang County specifically from Taozhou by carpooling, taking long-distance buses, or even trains.
For a time, not only were farmhouses unavailable for booking, but all the hotels in the county were also fully booked.
Some tourists who like to make travel guides and plans will not come when they find out that they cannot book a hotel.
However, there are still some tourists who like to take a "trip on a whim" and will come even if they cannot book a hotel.
As they say, 'When you reach the mountain, there will always be a way out.'
It is true that some farmhouses that did not have time to put their products on the online platform would run to the highway entrance and hold up large signs to welcome guests. However, by the afternoon of May 1, even the people holding the large signs were gone from the highway entrance.
After all, the entire Zhaoyang County has only a few tens of thousands of people, but as of May 2, there are at least 130,000 tourists visiting Zhaoyang County!
130,000 people! Twice the population of Zhaoyang County.
Even if all the peasant households in Zhaoyang County were converted into farmhouses, they would not be able to accommodate so many tourists.
Jiang Ningyue had a premonition of this happening since April 30th, when she learned that all the county's guesthouses were fully booked. So, she immediately instructed people from each township to count the number of people staying at the farmhouses within their jurisdiction and instructed relevant departments to erect signs at service areas and highway exits to divert traffic.
Kang Meijing sighed, "I've been in the county for so many years, and this is the first time I've seen a traffic jam on this shabby highway. When did this small county town have so many cars?"
Jiang Ningyue smiled and said, "Stop talking nonsense and get back to work."
Starting from May 1st, Jiang Ningyue couldn't smile anymore. A large number of tourists were stranded in the county and towns. At first, it was fine, but as it got darker, many tourists were still not ready to leave.
Jiang Ningyue immediately coordinated with various departments. "Wasn't the Xincheng School in the northern part of the county newly built and only starting to enroll students this year? Immediately arrange for people to clean the school and urgently dispatch a batch of hotel supplies."
After hearing Jiang Ningyue's order, the county government, which was already short of staff, became even busier.
County Magistrate Lin had originally wanted to take his wife and children out for fun this holiday, but he never went out. Hearing the bustling phone calls in Jiang Ningyue's office, County Magistrate Lin walked into the office with a smile, first greeted Gu Meng who was sitting on the sofa, then looked at Jiang Ningyue with a smile.
"County Magistrate Jiang, is there anything I can help you with?"
Jiang Ningyue smiled and said, "Leader, you can just coordinate with the county government. I'm going to Xincheng School now. It's 5 p.m. now, and many tourists are still eating and waiting for meals. But if they can't get accommodation before 9 p.m., there will be problems."
"Okay, go ahead."
County Magistrate Lin nodded.
Jiang Ningyue took Gu Meng away from the county government and went to Xincheng School.
Xincheng School is a newly built nine-year boarding school in Xincheng Town. That's why it has so many dormitories. Otherwise, Jiang Ningyue would have had to send these tourists to the next county.
At this moment, after receiving Jiang Ningyue's instructions, He Zhi rushed to Xincheng School as soon as possible.
Because the school has not officially started recruiting students at this moment, there are only security guards in the school.
"Open the door quickly."
He Zhi said loudly.
"What do you do?"
The security guard poked his head out in confusion.
“We are from the Culture and Tourism Bureau.”
He Zhi said anxiously, "We are requisitioning your school dormitory now. Call your leader immediately."
The old man laughed and said, "It's no use telling me! You have to go find our leader."
"..." He Zhi was speechless and quickly called the director of the Education Bureau. The director did not dare to make a decision and kept arguing.
"Old He! It's not that I don't give you face, but lending the dormitory to tourists is an unreliable decision. What if something is lost or damaged in the school? What should we do then?"
"Old Wang, don't tell me this! This is County Magistrate Jiang's decision."
"County Magistrate Jiang isn't in charge of the Education Bureau!"
Director Wang smiled and said, "How about this? You report this to County Magistrate Lin or Deputy County Magistrate Zhang, and have them call me to give me instructions."
At this moment, Jiang Ningyue's car had already stopped at the school gate. Jiang Ningyue got out of the car and looked at He Zhi calmly, "What's going on? Why haven't you gone in yet?"
He Zhi held the receiver and said, "The school won't open. I'm talking to Director Wang."
Jiang Ningyue answered the phone, "Director Wang, this is Jiang Ningyue. If you have any questions, you can communicate with me."
After a two-second silence, Director Wang immediately smiled and said, "County Magistrate Jiang, no problem, no problem on my end. I'll call the school principal right away."
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