■ Hainan Daily reporter Zhao You and intern Chen Mengxin
On September 17, the Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft carried three astronauts, returned from the Chinese space station's Tianhe core capsule, and landed steadily in the east wind of Jiuquan Landing site: On the 19th, the "South China Sea Whale Spirit-Collection of Cetacean Specimen Exhibition" was held at the South China Sea Museum (Hainan). Nearly 30 cetacean exhibits gave people a glimpse of the mystery of the giant ocean beasts. Between the stars and the sea, people's yearning for the unknown has increased.
Go to the tropical botanical garden to explore the magic of nature, to the Wenchang Aerospace Science Center to appreciate the power of the country... Recently, many tourists choose to use the popular science research tour to enjoy a deeper, higher-level, and wider-dimensional travel experience.
cocoa at the Wanning Xinglong Tropical Botanical Garden. Photo by our reporter Li Tianping
Popular science heats up and Hainan’s two scenic spots are on the list of the "Top 100 Popular Science"
As the world’s largest planetarium, Shanghai Planetarium has received “one vote” since its opening in July "Difficult to find" phenomenon. After starting online sales at 9:30 am every day, visiting tickets are often robbed in a short period of time, and even the phenomenon of high prices "scalping" by ticket vendors has made Shanghai Planetarium more compelling. Combat the "scalpers" in a unified way. This is enough to see the heat of popular science tourism.
As people's living standards continue to improve, everyone pays more attention to the satisfaction of spiritual life. Therefore, more and more people are willing to participate in tourism to achieve the purpose of expanding their horizons, relaxing their minds and bodies, improving their own quality, and broadening their horizons.
In this context, popular science tourism has become a new "selling point" in the tourism market and a new "hot spot" for tourists' consumption, and many tourist destinations are also making efforts to popularize science tourism.
Lijiang is located on the plateau in northwestern Yunnan. The air is highly transparent, the night sky is full of stars, and the Milky Way is clearly visible. The unique astronomical observation resources provide superior conditions for the development of astronomical science activities and promotion of astronomical science tourism, attracting astronomers from all over the world, Astronomy enthusiasts and tourists come to experience. In recent years, Lijiang has carried out astronomical science activities such as the Lijiang Gaomei Ancient Gemini Meteor Shower Watching Festival and the "Lijiang Starry Sky Party".Innovatively create the "Lijiang Starry Sky" astronomy popular science brand, which has injected new connotations into Lijiang tourism.
Coincidentally, recently, Guizhou issued the "Opinions on Promoting the High-quality Development of Tourism and Accelerating the Industrialization of Tourism and Building a Colorful Guizhou Tourism Province", which has made an overall design for promoting the construction of a tourism model province in the whole region. According to the requirements of the "Opinions", Guizhou will build Guiyang-Huishui- Luodian - Pingtang international astronomical science popularization tourism belt relying on China Tianyan Science Popularization Base.
Previously, Maidian Research Institute exclusively released the list of the top 100 popular science scenic spots in 2020, and Hainan Tropical Wildlife and Botanical Garden and Xinglong Tropical Botanical Garden from our province were among them.
Young tourists started making chocolate in Xinglong Tropical Botanical Garden. Photo by our reporter Yuan Chen
In popular science tourism, Hainan also has a unique resource advantage. From tropical rainforest national park, Red Detachment of Women Memorial Garden to Wenchang Space Launch Site, China (Hainan) South China Sea Museum... Hainan's research tourism resources gather various elements of sea, land and air, covering marine culture, tropical landscape, modern technology , Historical sites, red culture, overseas Chinese culture and many other types.
Hainan’s popular science hotspots include South China Sea museums, volcanic geology, tropical flora and fauna...
On September 19, the "South China Sea Whale Spirit-Cetacean Specimen Exhibition" was held in the northern area of the South China Sea Museum of China (Hainan), with nearly 30 items The exhibits will allow people to observe different types of whales up close. Among them, two of the nearly 13-meter-long anchovy whale specimens will also meet with the audience, inspiring people's curiosity about whales and the ocean.
"Many children know about this magical ocean behemoth through TV, but in fact, everyone still doesn't know much about whales." The relevant person in charge of the South China Sea Museum introduced that this exhibition not only allows visitors to experience the appearance and appearance of whales up close. Body characteristics can also allow visitors to learn more about what is the largest whale in the world, how old can a whale live, etc.The answers to these questions can be found in the exhibition hall.
In order to dig deep into Hainan's tourism resources and further stimulate tourism consumption, relevant units and enterprises have also actively promoted the development of popular science tourism, which has enriched the supply of products in the tourism market of our province.
When browsing the travel notes of Haikou Crater Geopark, many tourists will leave messages: "You must go to the Science Museum to understand the reasons for the formation of volcanoes, and sigh the magic of nature." Enter the Volcano Science Museum, Shield Volcano, Maardu Models such as Pinghuo are so vivid that children are curious to touch and observe. In the hand-making process, the small campers put on blindfolds and DIY the volcano model. "It's more boring just to visit. Make it experienceable. This way is easier to be accepted by children." said the person in charge of Haikou Crater Geopark.
In the Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park, "Crazy Animal City" has become a brand product. The Sea Wild International Nature Education Center specializes in the design of tropical animals and plants research activities and courses. It has established four popular science sites for national treasures, pandas, Asian elephants, African giraffes, and bird language forests, and designed "Sea Wild Animals and Plants Lecture Hall", "Sea Wild Animals Rescue", and "I". A variety of products, such as planting bamboo for pandas, and "civilized tourist messenger", are well received by the market.
The giant panda in Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park. Our reporter Feng Shuo photo
Popular science tourism as a new type of knowledge dissemination method is different from the boring explanations in the classroom and the boring statements in the training, but with its rich knowledge connotation, it is more intuitive and vivid The form of expression provides people with an interesting way to acquire knowledge.
Space theme has a wide range of dimensions to create more entertaining, interactive, and experiential
Beijing time on September 17, the Shenzhou XII spacecraft returned to Earth, and the three astronauts who lived in space for more than 90 days 聂海胜 , Liu Boming, Tang Hongbo went home on "business trip". On the 20th, the Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft was successfully launched, sending supplies and equipment to the "Tiangong" space station.
On the occasion of breakthroughs in my country’s aerospace industry, and on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day "Double Festival", the one-month "received please answer" aerospace science tour and "Future Hainan Life" experience module was held on September 19 Opened at Chengdu Joy City,Leading parents and children tourists in the southwest region to explore the unknown and novel world, looking for more possibilities from Hainan to the sea of stars.
The rocket model exhibited at the Provincial Museum during " China Space Day ". Photographed by our reporter Yuan Chen
In recent years, the rapid development of China's aerospace industry has continued to raise the nation's space craze, and it has also stimulated a batch of parent-child science tourism craze with the Wenchang Space Launch Site as the destination. Hainan Daily The reporter learned that the "Please answer if you receive it" aerospace science tour and the "Future Hainan Life" experience module is the first time that the Provincial Tourism and Culture Department has combined tourism promotion with China's aerospace-themed science tour, hoping to make full use of Hainan's unique resources Advantages, entertaining and entertaining to pass on popular science knowledge to the younger generation, show China's strength, promote China's aerospace spirit, and provide an international perspective, innovative thinking and open mind for the development of parent-child research and tourism in Hainan.
In the experience module, in the future space travel check-in area, children will insert small flags with their own names on the model of extraterrestrial planets. The small sense of ceremony inspires their yearning for future space travel; the work of the rocket launch interactive area The staff explained Hainan's aerospace science knowledge to the children, and played interactive games with rocket models... "Children are usually curious about space. Today's activity has made him more interested in rocket launches, hoping to go to Wenchang Watch a rocket launch with your own eyes." Yang Yunqing, a citizen of Chengdu, is looking forward to the next trip to Hainan.
To continue to strengthen the drainage, on September 20, the blogger "Aibo Eleven" with 6 million fans appeared in the exhibition hall to shoot a video on Weibo and Xiaohongshu. The entry point is that more parent-child families "grow grass" in Hainan. Around the National Day, researcher Liu Yong from the National Center for Space Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and space physicist, and An Jiu, a Chinese astrophotographer, star photographer, and science blogger, will also come to the event site to give lectures on public welfare classes and expand the children The unlimited imagination enhances the enthusiasm for exploring the unknown.
According to industry insiders,Popular science tourism not only needs to promote and introduce scientific knowledge in a targeted manner to stimulate tourists' curiosity and thirst for knowledge, but also increase entertainment and interest on the basis of popular science education, and design interaction and participation links as much as possible to enhance tourists Experiential, it can also develop various forms of popular science tourism products, such as natural resources science tourism can organize camping, expeditions, scientific research activities, etc., so that tourists can gain something in the game, thereby further extending the industrial chain.
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