International Conference on Village Travel was held in Deqing county, Huzhou city, Zhejiang province from 10 to 12, September. United Nations World Tourism Organization, Pacific Asia Travel Association, National Tourism Administration, relevant officials from Department of Agriculture and delegates of rural tourism industry worldwide participated in the conference. At the award ceremony, Luanchuan county of Luoyang city was honored as "one of the world's top 10 village resorts" with its successful strategy of making the whole county a tourist attraction, not just building scenic spots.
Luanchuan county has constructed 15 tourist attractions so far. Following the pattern of combining tourist attractions with folk towns and distinctive farms, Luanchuan county has developed sightseeing and tourism agriculture alongside tourist attractions and tour express. As many as 9,510,000 people have visited Luanchuan county in 2014, which brought a total income of 5.1 billion yuan. It is worth mentioning that rural tourism alone attracted 8,080,000 visits and earned 3.56 billion yuan.