{"id":21032,"date":"2025-06-30T15:23:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=21032"},"modified":"2025-06-30T15:23:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:23:05","slug":"chinas-xinjiang-unveils-6-new-scenic-highway-routes-to-boost-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=21032","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s Xinjiang unveils 6 new scenic highway routes to boost tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20250630\/60f4f12f16944b5185221e5dfa25c3ec\/2025063060f4f12f16944b5185221e5dfa25c3ec_XxjwshE007061_20250630_CBMFN0A001.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This photo shows a view of Guozigou scenic spot in Huocheng County, northwest China&#8217;s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 1, 2025. (Xinhua\/Jia Zhao)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Northwest China&#8217;s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has unveiled six new scenic highways, investing 10.7 billion yuan (about 1.5 billion U.S. dollars) to develop 965 km of tourism-focused roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The routes connect diverse landscapes, from snow-capped mountains and grasslands to forests, lakes, deserts and oases, and aim to enhance the region&#8217;s &#8220;fast entry, slow travel&#8221; transportation network and enrich self-driving tourism experiences, according to the regional transport department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The newly constructed highways are designed to bridge key attractions across Xinjiang&#8217;s vast terrain, where destinations are often widely dispersed, the department said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Xinjiang has intensified efforts to build a multidimensional travel network in recent years. Alongside the highways, the region has expanded aviation routes, launched specialty railway circuits like the Taklimakan Desert Loop, and developed iconic tourist roads.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20250630\/60f4f12f16944b5185221e5dfa25c3ec\/c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20250630\/60f4f12f16944b5185221e5dfa25c3ec\/c.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northwest China&#8217;s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has unveiled six new scenic highways, investing 10.7 billion yuan (about 1.5 billion U.S. dollars) to develop 965 km of tourism-focused roads. The routes connect diverse landscapes, from snow-capped mountains and grasslands to forests, lakes, deserts and oases, and aim to enhance the region&#8217;s &#8220;fast entry, slow travel&#8221; transportation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[282,29,20624,132,3019,20622,1762,20623,8400,4439,529,60],"class_list":["post-21032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-bri","tag-china","tag-chinas-xinjiang-unveils-6-new-scenic-highway-routes-to-boost-tourism","tag-economy","tag-infrastructure","tag-senic-highways","tag-tourism","tag-travelors","tag-urumqi","tag-xinjiang","tag-developments","tag-geopolitics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21034,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21032\/revisions\/21034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}