The Jinzhai county is situated at north Dabie Mountain, in the subtropics monsoon climatic region, warm and moist, the four seasons are distinct, the forest cover, the brook interlocks, the natural landscape beautiful is varied, has the extremely good traveling resources. Since 80's, the county party committee, the county government vigorously has developed the tourism, and in " 95 " later period, proposes " Revives the county economy with the tourism ", obtains the good economic efficiency, the social benefit and the ecology benefit.

•  rich traveling resources
The West Anhui traveling resources study group which was composed by the province travel agency, the construction hall, the article commodity bureau's expert scholar , inspected the Jinzhai county traveling resources . They thought" above has heaven, gets down has the lake light " isthe Jinzhai scenery two certainly ,and Jinzhai is local travelings resources treasure house of Lu'an.

(1) primitive nature protection area
a, national forest park -----Heaven strongholds
Heaven stronghold prominent peak elevation is 1729.13 meters, and it is the superposes region of North China, Central China, East China . The biology resources is rich ,and the forest cover rate reaches 95.4%.Here has the waterfall and the puddle which year to year does not do dries up,has the wonderful pine strange stone, has the cloud sea , the rock cavern and primitive forest. Heaven stronghold also enjoys the fine reputation of “ plant's kingdom, animal's paradise, the fog sea, the water world, the cool mountain village, Indian azalea's collar, giant salamander's hometown..”It not only has the traveling value, also has the scientific research value.

The Qian'ao elevation 1400 meters mountains meadows are in the world the elevation lowest bog place. After the inspection, in the protectorate the higher plant 1746 kinds, the vertebrate nearly 300 kinds, are the national level protection rarely and preciously move, the plant separately have 16 kind and 18 kinds.

b, national nature protection area -----Mazong range
The main landscape is the waterfall, the temple, the grotto and the rare and precious zoology and botany. This scenic area has the plant 1600 extra kinds. The main scenic spot is the Mahong waterfall (dropping variance more than 70 meters), the stone Buddhist temple, the buddhist priest level ground and so on. The high point moon stubborn elevation is 1671 meters. Here, the natural vegetation is luxuriant, the surface water source self-control quantity is high, the four seasons scenery is exquisite, summer is pleasant.There is the summer vacation leave of absence paradise. In November, 1998 and in May, 1999, the Central Committee Television successively two time carried on to this scenic area by the scenery photography and thought this protectorate forest ecology traveling has very good natural environment superiority.
In 1992, the heaven stronghold scenic area was authorized for the national level forest park .
After the expert's inspection, the heaven stronghold, Mazong range were authorized for the national level nature protection area at the same time in 1998. Presently is the entire province biggest nature protection area.

(2) deep green broad artificial lake
The Mei, the Xiang two big reservoirs are called by the people it “High canyon and tranquil lake”. Grand magnificent reservoir big dam, limpid broad lake water, scenery beautiful lake heart island, Qitou mountain,Jiuwang Zhai , strongholds, Xuanjian mountain and so on , causes the people to forget to return.. Therefore, also by the reputation is west Anhui " thousand islands lakes ", " the small Three Gorges " and " small Guilin ".

(3) superior ecological environment
Jinzhai is one of national first batch ecology model district experiment site county authorized by the national environmental protection bureau. The forest cover rate 67.5%, by far is higher than the nation 13.98%. The county-wide atmospheric environment quality is good, the sulphur dioxide, the nitrogen oxide compound, the suspension and so on the main target all achieves the national I level of standards. The surface water equally may achieve the national II kind of surface water standard. The heaven stronghold, Mazong range forest cover rate reaches 95.4% forests covers rate reaches 95.4%. In the air the negative oxygen ion average content is 3500 international units. Heaven stronghold Jiuying waterfall place negative oxygen ion concentration is 4100 international units, the average content is highest in the nation. Stipulates according to the environmental protection, in the air the negative oxygen ion average content achieves 2000 international lists namely for the non- pollution air. Here is not is together polluted only the earth, also is the ecology traveling ideal place, may call it " the ecology kingdom ".

(4) rich traveling commodity
In the length and breadth mountain farm plot, grows the many and varied forest. There have by tourist deep deep affection pure natural traveling food, for example the tea, the Chinese chestnut, the American ginseng gastrodia , the shiitake mushroom, the auricularia auricula, general the vegetable, the auricularia auricula, the bracken, gooseberry and so on. Also has the silk product, the wooden bamboo handicraft, the root carving handicraft, the potted landscape.

(5) multitudinous revolutionary cultural relic, former site
As revolutionary old liberated area " General county ", Jinzhai revolution cultural relic and the former site is extremely rich. According to the statistics, at present preserves completer revolutionary former site 285, includes provincial level key protection former site 6, county level key protection former site 15.Jinzhai also has collection cultural relic more than 500, after appraisal for national one level of revolutions cultural relics 4, two levels of revolutionary cultural relics 4, three levels of revolutionary cultural relics 13. These revolutionary cultural relics and the former site, is carries on the patriotic principle education and the education in revolutionary tradition good teaching material, the good base. The Jinzhai county revolution museum falls on county seat Meishan. Comrade Jiang Zemin once the own handwriting preface was " the national young people patriotic principle education base ".

(6) characteristic traveling resources
In the history, Jinzhai ever was raises, Henan two states borders on, for Hubei, Henan, Anhui three provinces unions department, also had many times immigrates. Here retained each place different custom public sentiment, may collect folk songs, the creation work for the literary and art worker, increases people's local knowledge and the stimulation patriotic principle is warm.

In addition, some famous temples also attract the multitudinous pilgrim come this to go sightseeing the traveling. Looks from entire province, the traveling resources so rich place certainly not sees. " Lu'an travelings overall plan " has taken my county the heaven stronghold as the main body ecology traveling the entire area the key point.

2, county-wide tourism development present situation
The since reform and open policy, the tourism has been mentioned in my county the agenda. The recent years, the county party committee, the county government took in particular the development tourism the county territory economy new growth spot, brings into line with the national economy and the society develops the long-term plan, established take county magistrate as the first responsibility person's traveling direction committee, successively formulated " Jinzhai county traveling market management rule ", " Jinzhai county scenery scenic spot area policing method ", " about speeds up heaven stronghold traveling development decision " and so on a series of development measure and the preferential benefit policy. Thus caused the tourism to obtain the considerable development, ate, lives, traffic, traveling, shopping, entertainment installation condition has the very big improvement. In 2001, county-wide creational traveling guesthouse seven, bed 838; Again sets up three kind of travel agencies one; Cleared the heaven stronghold passenger transportation rope way; Increases each kind of traveling vehicles 12, travels ships 11; Opened up transforms leads to the heaven stronghold traveling area 95 kilometers road sections. The traveling strategic place heaven stronghold town, the swallow river town separately puts 800000 Yuan funds uses in to travel the development, causes the traveling town basic frame preliminary formation, becomes under the heaven stronghold foot the pearl. At present, the Meishan scenic spot, heaven stronghold scenic spot one separately may receive the different level tourist reaches 3500 to 6000 people. Whole year receives the tourist approximately 20 to 300000 people, the traveling synthesis income reaches 3000 to more than 60000000 Yuan. Since 1997, along with the traffic, the communication infrastructure condition improvement, heaven stronghold passenger transportation rope way clear, the tourist measures the large scale increase.

The tourism takes one emerging industry, not only directly created the considerable economical income for us, simultaneously also indirectly brought the good social benefit and the ecology benefit. One, promoted the mountainous area masses ideological liberation, the idea to renew, accelerates the mountainous area civilized advancement; Two, promoted the impoverished local infrastructure construction, accelerated the backwardness change. In the traveling busy season, only the heaven stronghold scenic spot receives the tourist equally one day reaches as high as more than 5000 people (tourist besides lives scenic area, divides lives neighbor various market towns), the tea, gastrodia , American ginseng, traditional Chinese medicine and so on agricultural vice- native product date turnover more than 4000 kilograms, the deal volume amounts to 1500000 Yuan. Tourism's start, also led the heaven stronghold scenic area, the Meishan scenic area and along the way the villages and towns rural fair diet and the commercial prosperity. As a result of tourism's development, in former days the traffic unenlightened swallow river, the heaven stronghold, turns the now traffic, the communication, the small market town construction and so on in the county-wide leading well-off town,; Three, promoted the industrial structure adjustment, accelerated the step which the mountainous area masses escaped from poverty becomes rich. The tourism through provides the diet, the lodgings, the traffic, the traveling, the entertainment and so on the many kinds of service, enormously promoted and leads service industry and the correlation industry development, changed the mountainous area masses only depends on farms and develops the life style which the mountain farm plot made a living. Only in the heaven stronghold scenic area, has many peasants escapes from poverty because of the traveling impetus becomes rich. Since 1993, because is engaged in the tourism and the correlation industry, the county-wide pooled 35000 people change wealthily. Four is is advantageous to the ecological environment protection, practically achieves may continue to develop. Tourism's development led the tertiary industry and the agricultural industry development, promoted the worker quality enhancement, reduced because population increases, economical development demand destroys forest opens up wasteland planting crops behavior, the realization resources science reasonable use and the waste was small, protected the good ecological environment.

By the reputation is " the early morning sun industry " the tourism, has vigorously emerged in my county. Its formidable vitality, is approving for the more and more many people. We believe leads in the higher authority under the concern, the support, in the county party committee, under government's high value, my county tourism will obtain further develops, will escape from poverty for the mountainous area peasant becomes rich makes the proper contribution.