Today's Yangzhou is located in the south-central part of Jiangsu Province, bordering the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal in the east and the Yangtze River in the south. It has jurisdiction over 7 counties with a total area of more than 6,600 square kilometers and a population of about 4.5 million. It has a monsoon climate with moderate rainfall and an average annual temperature of about 65,438+05 degrees Celsius. It is suitable for traveling all year round, and spring is the best. Every April and May, colorful and lingering, is the season of "Yangzhou March Fireworks". "This historic city has a different look." Yangzhou, the Moon City in China, is a quiet scenic tourist city, with gardens in the city, full of natural charm, long history of cultural relics and historic sites, beautiful scenery, simple folk customs and complete service facilities, and has become one of the important holiday resorts in East China. The ancient city of Yangzhou will warmly welcome guests from home and abroad with its colorful tourism products, excellent service and delicious food.
Yangzhou has developed transportation, convenient tourism and supporting infrastructure. Yangzhou Port is an open port, with Tong Ning expressway and Jianghuai expressway crossing Yangzhou, only 30 kilometers away from Shanghai-Nanjing adjustment of expressway. At present, the Yangzhou-Zhenjiang Yangtze River Highway Bridge has been formally established, and construction will start in June+10 next year. Yangzhou has perfect tourist facilities. At present, there are five foreign-related hotels 15, two star-rated hotels 12 and 25 travel agencies. Yangzhou cuisine is world-famous and is one of the four major cuisines in China. Yangzhou has outstanding handicrafts, especially lacquerware, jade, embroidery, paper-cutting and velvet flowers. In addition, Yangzhou pickles, candied skin, toys, drunken crabs, double yellow duck eggs, ginkgo and other special tourism products are the most popular products for tourists.