Zhejiang Leverages 8th China Poetry Festival to Boost Poetry-Themed Tourism Consumption
At the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's third-quarter 2026 press conference in Beijing on September 20, Zhejiang culture and tourism deputy director Lyu Weigang said the 8th China Poetry Festival will run from October 12 to 23, 2026 in Taizhou, Zhejiang. Zhejiang will pursue four work streams: creating poetry-themed public cultural products by moving recitals and master lectures into city reading rooms, rural cultural halls and commercial plazas; upgrading poetry-route tourism by refining the "Follow Poetry to Travel Zhejiang" brand, building the cross-regional "Yannan Feixian Sea-Sky Tour" route and developing "poetry-route towns" and "poetic ancient villages"; producing poetry-themed sta…