Tourists Drawn to Heritage and Mystery of Western China

Increasingly, foreign tourists are enjoying activities in the sand at a scenic area of Kumutage Desert in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. 

Xinjiang’s desert features warmer temperatures in the autumn season. 

Shaded under trees, many of which have been there for hundreds of years, tourists visit the grounds of a temple in Tianshui in Gansu province. 

The moving ceremony remembers Fu Xi, a legendary figure from Chinese mythology, and is part of a tour in which visitors experience the rich and ancient cultures of northwestern China. 

Thanks to the new Silk Road economic belt, events like this one are becoming ever more popular, for a growing number of visitors. 

As part of Gansu province’s various plans, 200 million yuan has been earmarked for infrastructure improvements in Tianshui and Dunhuang (a city well-known for its Mogao Caves), and 500 million yuan has been allotted to tourist facilities in nearby Zhangye.