On April 23rd, the reporter learned from the 2018 Regional Cooperation Tour Year Card Issuing Forum that, within this year, the Yichang citizens who held the Yichang Three Gorges Tour Year Card were expected to visit the 8 major scenic spots in Badong by using the Yichang Tour Year Card.

　　It was understood that the tourism departments and enterprises in Yichang and Badong would reach a preliminary cooperation intention for promoting the rapid development of the tourism industry and better implementing the year card people-benefit project of the tourist attractions in two places. It was proposed to integrate the 3A-level tourist attractions and above in Badong County and the national industrial and agricultural tourism demonstration points into the overall operation in the scope of Yichang Three Gorges Tour Year Card. At that time, people who held Yichang Three Gorges Tour Year Card could visit the 8 scenic spots including the Badong Shennong Steam Boat Tracker Cultural Tourism Area (5A), Shennong Stream (5A), Lianzi Stream (4A), Baren River (4A), Wuyuan Grotto (3A), Ba Nationality Cultural Park (Badong County Museum) (3A), the General Deng Yulin's Hometown (3A) and the Three Gorges Wine Industry. It was known that the Yichang Tourism Commission would take it as the starting point to promote the Yichang-Badong regional tourism cooperation. As the subject of operation on the tour year card, the traffic tourism group wouldadhere to the concept of “sharing resources, jointly building the brand, mutually delivering passenger source” to assist the general public in Yichang and Badong to share the development dividend of the tourism industry. (Reporter: Wang Ying; Correspondent: Zhang Wei)