China's State Council recently issued the National Fitness Plan (2021-2025), introducing measures to better help people participate in sports and improve their physical quality.

As people's awareness of staying fit increases, sports tourism is becoming a new area of consumption growth. On July 9, the China Tourism Academy and Chinese travel service platform Mafengwo jointly released a list of top 10 popular sports tourism activities in China, based on their big data research. Here we take a look at their top picks:

10. Cycling along the Ten-Mile Gallery

Place: Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

The Ten-Mile Gallery is a road stretching from Yangshuo town to the Moon Hill in Yangshuo county, Guilin city, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. As its name implies, the picturesque road is endowed with rolling hills, endless fields, idyllic villages and clear rivers on both sides. As the road is not too long and in good condition, many tourists choose to travel by bike so that they can stop, enjoy the roadside landscape and take photos.