On December 28th, at the foot of the Great Wall in Hushan, Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County, Dandong City, Liaoning Province, there were crowds of people and lively activities, and off-road vehicles dressed up were ready to go. This is the coastal road cultural and tourism integration journey launched by the China G228 Coastal Road Tourism Alliance. The winding and majestic Hushan Great Wall is the eastern starting point of the Ming Great Wall and also the starting point of G228 National Highway. This is the longest coastal highway in China, starting from Dandong, Liaoning in the north and ending in Dongxing, Guangxi in the south. It spans nearly 20 latitudes and connects 10 provinces, with a total length of nearly 7378 kilometers. Join hands to explore G228 through rivers and seas. Recently, the founding conference of the China G228 Coastal Highway Tourism Alliance was held in Dandong City, promoting the high-quality development of cultural, sports, and tourism in coastal cities along the G228 national highway, deepening the integration of transportation and tourism, achieving product interconnection, customer source exchange, policy mutual assistance, and complementary advantages. Hua Yujie, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Liaoning Province, said that a series of activities such as self driving tour car exhibition, outdoor camping equipment exhibition, and tourism product exhibition will also be launched during the conference. In recent years, Liaoning has turned towards the sea and embraced the ocean, opening up the "blue engine" of the cultural and tourism industry, and creating a coastal leisure and vacation tourism belt. Dalian has played the role of a Northeast Asia international shipping center and an international cruise homeport, developing international routes to the United States; Establish the Provincial Cruise Association, develop four offshore travel routes within the province, and collaborate with Jilin to plan an international cruise route that passes through South Korea, Japan, and Russia; The innovative launch of the Marine Ice and Snow Festival, the Ice Loong Boat Super League, etc., has enabled the development of ice and snow economy in the northeast region... According to statistics, in 2023, the six coastal cities of Liaoning will receive 56.5% of tourists and 54.7% of the total tourism spending, respectively, and it is expected that the year-on-year growth rate in 2024 will exceed 30%. (New Society)