“西部大开发,旅游要先行”已成为中国西部各省市在西部大开发中的战略决策。近日借全国新闻摄影西部开发报道研讨会之际,记者来到宁夏,亲身感受到这里红红火火的旅游开发热。“贺兰山下果园成,塞北江南旧有名。”以前一提起有“塞北江南”之称的宁夏,人们似乎只知道西夏王陵、贺兰山岩画等传统景观,而现在人们来到宁夏就有了更多的去处,新开发的沙湖便是其一。这个由江泽民总书记亲笔题名的风景名胜区,在九十年代以前还只不过是宁夏农垦局下属的一个农场。而现在它已经被开发成一处融江南水乡与大漠风情于一体、独具特色的旅游度假区,被国家旅游局评为全国35处“王牌景点”之一。说到沙湖的开发,当地人常要提起山东人王树林。这位从小随着父亲征战南北最终落根宁夏 “Western Development, Tourism First” has become the strategic decision of western provinces and municipalities in the western development. Recently, by the time of the seminar on coverage of western development of the national news photography, reporters came to Ningxia and personally experienced the hot development of tourism here. “Before the Helan Mountain orchard into, the old name of the Sebei Jiangnan. ” Before mentioning “Saibei Jiangnan ” said Ningxia, people seem to know only the Western Xia Imperial Tombs, Helanshan rock paintings and other traditional landscape, but now people come to Ningxia There is more place to go, the newly developed Shahu is one. This scenic area authored by General Secretary Jiang Zemin was no more than a farm under Ningxia Bureau of Reclamation until the 1990s. Now it has been developed into a Rongjiang South Water Village and the desert style in one, unique tourist resorts, the National Tourism Administration as the National 35 “ace attractions ” one. Speaking of the development of Shahu, local people often have to mention Shandong Wang Shulin. This childhood with his father expedition North and South eventually settled in Ningxia