Liaocheng is a national historical and cultural city, the hometown of Comrade Kong Fansen, a model of national leading cadres, and a sanitary city in Shandong Province. Liaocheng started the activity of "China Excellent Tourism City" from 1999, and passed the acceptance of National Tourism Administration from March to September to 28th, 2003. Liaocheng's natural resources and human landscape blend with each other, and its tourism resources are rich. Liaocheng has more than 2,700 scenic spots and historical sites, and more than 470 landscapes with tourism development value. State-level key cultural relics protection units include Guangyuelou, Shanshan Guild Hall, Linqing Canal Banknote Mouth, Jingyanggang Longshan Cultural Site and Cao Zhi Mausoleum. Ao Tou Ji Ruins site and other provincial key cultural relics protection units 14. Liaocheng has the unique characteristics of "Jiangbei Water City" and is known as "Venice in the North of China". The Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government have established the strategic orientation of building an excellent and beautiful "Jiangbei Water City" and built a number of beautiful projects, with the characteristics of the water city becoming increasingly distinct. In 2002, the tourism industry received 6,532 foreign visitors and 5,265,438+300,000 domestic visitors, achieving a tourism income of 2.82 billion yuan, including foreign exchange income of 2.96 million US dollars. The main tourist attractions in the city are dongchang lake, Guangyuelou, Shanshan Guild Hall, Song Dynasty Iron Tower, Ancient Canal, Di Jiang Paradise, Phoenix Garden Science and Technology Sightseeing Park, Dream Paradise, Changdong Park, Ma Jiahe Leisure Resort, Linqing Canal Banknote, Jingyanggang Longshan Cultural Site, Cao Zhi Mausoleum, Jingyanggang, Haiyuange, stupa, Ao Tou Ji Ruins Site, Lion Building, Haihui Temple, Gu 'ajing and Kong Fansen.