Guidong Scenic Area is located in Jiepai Village, Sansui County, 6km away from the county seat. The total planning area is about 26.6 square kilometers, involving five natural villages such as Jiepai, Bee, Guigen, Nishan and Guiping. Among them, the core scenic spot of Guidong Tourist Attraction is located within the jurisdiction of Jiepai Village, covering an area of about 4 square kilometers.
In recent years, by implementing the "tourism+" development strategy and relying on the local tourism resources such as bamboo sea, stone village, ancient post plank road, karst cave group, rural countryside, folk customs, etc., Guidong Scenic Area has accelerated the reform and innovation of the tourism supply side, integrated project funds, optimized the functional layout of the scenic area, excavated the cultural connotation of the scenic area, enriched the tourism product formats, and improved the supporting tourism elements. Infrastructure such as tourist trails, home stay cabins, Cuiyuan Villa, swimming pools, heritage base of ancient method paper making, 520 trails, landscape platforms, karst cave landscape (Phase I), etc. have been built, and Sansui Bamboo Weaving Exhibition Hall, Revival Ancient Method Paper Making Experience Hall, land and water parks, viewing platforms and related supporting construction have been improved. At present, the scenic spot has 10000 mu of bamboo sea, 10000 character long couplets, Sansui bamboo weaving, ancient method paper making, flower appreciation, fruit picking, home stay experience, water park, farmhouse barbecue, characteristic food and other businesses. In 2017, the scenic spot was successfully established as a national 3A level tourist attraction, included in the provincial tourism "1+5 100 projects", became a key village of rural tourism in the province in 2020, and was included in Qiandongnan Prefecture in 2021 to apply for the establishment of a national 4A level tourist attraction. At present, it has passed the provincial landscape quality review meeting.
Jiepai Village, where Guidong Scenic Area is located, has successively established Hongyu Breeding Specialized Cooperative, Sansui Guidong Tourism Development Co., Ltd., and Guizhou Suisui Tourism Development Co., Ltd. by implementing the "five fusions and five gangs" rural tourism poverty alleviation industry development model. It has organized 580 households in the village to participate in cooperatives and tourism companies, so as to achieve full coverage of poor households and drive the large-scale development and operation of the village's farming, catering, construction and other related industries. Through the integration of 5 million yuan of various project funds, the villagers have invested more than 11 million yuan in capital, and more than 10000 mu of arable land, mountain forests, etc., which has been quantified as 6.1 million yuan of financial poverty relief funds for poor households. Since Guidong Scenic Area was officially put into operation in 2017, it has achieved an increase of 1 million yuan in village level collective economy, and solved the employment of more than 300 people (including 106 poor people) in the village. From 2017 to 2020, the scenic spot will receive a total dividend of 4.92 million yuan (including 1.07 million yuan from poor households), and the per capita disposable income of villagers will increase by 2500 yuan to achieve the goal of "double zero clearing" of high standards.
In 2022, by applying for local special bonds, our county obtained 20.67 million yuan to implement the infrastructure project of the new tourist center in Guidong Scenic Area. After the project is completed, it will be equipped with individual ticket buying area, team ticket buying area, consulting service area, tour guide service area, lobby rest area, luggage deposit area, mother and baby room and other functional areas to comprehensively optimize the supporting service functions of the scenic area. At the same time, more than 270 parking spaces will be added, which can effectively relieve the parking pressure in the scenic area and facilitate better service for tourists. At present, the project is progressing steadily.