Study on Promotion of Folklore Ecotourism to the Economic Development of Minority Areas in Southeast Chongqing - Taking Wulong District as an Example

摘要

The minority areas of Southeast Chongqing are primarily located at Wuling Mountain Chain and part of the Wujiang river basin. It is the settlement of various minority groups mainly consisting of Tujia and Miao minority groups while it remains as the National Poverty Regions. However, The Wulong District, southeast Chongqing, holds the potential for Folk Ecological Tourism thanks to its distinctive Karst Landscape. This paper engages in the research of the folk culture, folk customs, regional culture, ecological tourism resource, and tourism's promotions on the economic developments in Wulong District. Meanwhile, this article proposes the measures that can potentially be implemented to drive the tourism industry even further, such as ecological fitness tourism, heritage tourism, cultural experience tourism, creating various national festival activities. This paper proposes new ideas for promoting tourism development and speeding up the economic development in Wulong district.