A view of Ma'ao Village, Dinghai District. Photo provided by Zhoushan Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau
China News Network Zhoushan October 2 (Reporter Lin Bo) Stay away from the congestion of the highway and the hustle and bustle of the city. With the popularity of slow island life, the island tourism craze has also given rise to the "hard to find a room" of the island B&B .
"revitalizes" rural idle houses to create a homestay with island characteristics. In October 2019, Yuan Xiumin, a villager in Ma'ao Village, Ma'ao Street, Dinghai District, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, renovated his house and named it "Lin Family B&B", crossing the border to become a homestay owner.
"Opening a B&B at your doorstep is higher than before, and your life is getting better and better." Yuan Xiumin said that B&B is booming and fame is gradually gaining popularity.
This is a scene in the development of Zhoushan Island B&B.
A scene in Shengsi Flower and Bird Island. Photo provided by Zhoushan Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Located in northeastern Zhejiang, Zhoushan has 2,085 large and small islands, known as the "City of Thousand Islands" and is also the only city in China built on the archipelago.
Under the background of Zhoushan's "relocation of small islands, building large islands" and high-speed urbanization, a large number of idle fishing and rural houses fell into a "sleep". On the road to common prosperity and taking the exam, how can Zhoushan, the "City of Thousand Islands" effectively revitalize 10,000 rural houses in the island fishing and rural areas and find a new path to development?
opens up 12 data source system channels for 11 units, including agriculture, rural areas, culture, radio, tourism, sports, resource planning, transportation, and markets. One application collects the basic information of existing farm houses, covering 6 main items such as "agricultural house revitalization, homestay investment, license processing, homestay management, homestay operation, and homestay industry chain" and 53 lower-level sub-items... This is the application of the "Island E-room" B&B service created by Zhoushan City .
According to the relevant person in charge of Zhoushan Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, in order to continuously promote the effective revitalization of 10,000 rural houses in the island fishing and rural areas, activate the comprehensive integrated reform of homesteads and rural houses in the fishing and rural areas, and promote the development of the island-style homestay industry of "Donghai Renjia", the city has created a full-cycle service application of "Island E-room" B&B.
What is "island e-room"? In addition to the above functions, this application has built six major sectors including revitalization, access, service, supervision, policy, and finance, promoting the revitalization of idle farm houses and the opening and operation services of the homestay in various fields, using digital means to create a new model of homestay development with precise services, high-quality and efficient, promoting the increase of income of fishermen, strengthening the collective economy, and promoting the "common prosperity" of the island.
A homestay in Putuo District, Zhoushan City. Photo provided by Zhoushan Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau
Take Ma'ao Village as an example. The village protects the development of idle old houses through overall storage, joint development, transformation subsidies, etc., creating a new green net zero carbon model of "free land, clean from native".
data shows that in 2021, the total collective economic income of Ma'ao Village was 5.089 million yuan, and increased by 32.3% year-on-year, of which operating income was 537,000 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 74.3%.
The benefits brought by the revitalization of tens of thousands of rural houses in the fishing countryside are not only in Ma'ao Village.
At present, the application "two ends and one cabin" has been fully launched, and a WeChat portal has been built, and it has been included in the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs "Living Rights and Promoting Rich" application pioneer unit, and has been successfully selected as the top 50 excellent applications of Zhejiang Provincial Digital Government System.
On Flower and Bird Island, Shengsi County, through the "Ten Thousand Island Farm House Activation Action" plan, idle farm houses were revitalized, and the original "hollow island" butterfly became a "Internet celebrity island". While attracting tourists, it also drove the income of fishermen.
A homestay in Shengsi County, Zhoushan City. Photo provided by Zhoushan Municipal Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau
In Baishagang Village, Putuo District, the village takes advantage of the beautiful island scenery and the many advantages of precious breams and groupers in the island reef area to develop marine tourism with sea fishing as its main characteristics, and realizes the transformation from a traditional fishery to a "sea fishing paradise". At present, there are 24 boutique fishing and farmhouses in the village, 11 leisure fishing boats, 430 beds, and can accommodate nearly 1,000 people for dining at the same time.
As of now, Zhoushan has revitalized 467 idle rural houses in 2022, with a total of more than 4,200 units, and the loan balance of "B&B Loan" is 146 million yuan.
In addition, through the full-cycle service application of "Island E Room" B&B, Zhoushan has realized data cloud collection and created "exquisite" services. (End)
Source: China News Network
