Kaiyang selected among 2024 national top 100 counties for tourism strength for six straight years

Kaiyang county in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, made the list of the National Top 100 Counties for Comprehensive Tourism Strength in 2024, ranking 52nd, according to the recently-released 2024 National County Tourism Development Research Report.

Kaiyang has been on the list every year since the list was first unveiled in 2019.

The report evaluated 1,866 counties nationwide (including county-level cities, autonomous counties, banners, autonomous banners, special zones, and forest areas) based on 32 indicators in six categories. They are namely tourism economic development level, government promotion role, comprehensive driving function of the tourism industry, tourism development and environmental protection, tourism facilities and service functions, and tourism quality supervision and market regulation.

Counties ranking in the top 100 were recognized as the National Top 100 Counties for Comprehensive Tourism Strength in 2024. Additionally, counties scoring in the top 100 across 20 indicators in four categories – tourism resource potential, tourism market potential, tourism development benefits, and socio-economic support conditions – were acknowledged as the National Top 100 Counties for Tourism Development Potential in 2024.