Located in the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta, less than 20 kilometers away from Guangzhou City, it has beautiful scenery and a developed economy. It is a famous tourist city in Guangdong Province.

Since the reform and opening up, Foshan's tourism industry has established an industrial scale at an unprecedented development speed and has become one of the pillar industries of the national economy. At present, Foshan's tourism service facilities are increasingly improving, and the "food, accommodation, transportation, travel, entertainment, and shopping" facilities are basically complete. The city has comprehensive tourist spots and more than 10 tourist resorts; it has more than 70 tourist hotels of various types. There are 25 hotels that have been awarded stars, including 5 four-star hotels, 7 three-star hotels, and 13 two-star hotels. There are 19 hotels that have been awarded stars, including 5 four-star hotels and 7 three-star hotels. There are 7 two-star hotels with more than 7,300 guest rooms, more than 14,400 beds, and more than 30,000 dining places; the city has 4 large entertainment venues, more than 200 karaoke halls, and dance halls; there are 17 travel agencies in the city, including , 14 international travel agencies and 3 domestic travel agencies; there are 17 travel agencies in the city, including 14 international travel agencies and 3 domestic travel agencies; the city has 295 tourist vehicles with more than 2,600 seats, initially forming an internal and external integration reception system. There are more than 30,000 people working in the tourism industry in the city, and more than 95% of them have received business training. They have cultivated various tourism management talents, management talents, technical talents and service talents, forming a new team of considerable scale and quality. of the tourism industry. In addition, the reform and development of civil aviation, railways, highways, and shipping have greatly improved the traffic conditions in cities and scenic spots. Nearly 600 large and small bridges have been built or renovated in the city; Rongqi, Pingzhou and Gaoming passenger ports are directly connected to Hong Kong; the newly built Foshan Railway Station has opened a through train from Foshan to Kowloon, becoming the second direct option to Hong Kong in China Roads and ports; modern highways criss-cross the suburbs and villages of Foshan; Foshan Airport is connected to 20 large and medium-sized cities such as Beijing, Nanjing, Kunming, etc., making Foshan's sea, land and air transportation network more three-dimensional, making it more convenient for Chinese and foreign tourists to enter and exit Foshan. Be more convenient. These provide a solid foundation for the development of tourism.

Foshan is rich in tourism resources, with colorful cultural landscapes, cultural landscapes and man-made cultural and recreational landscapes. The Foshan Ancestral Temple, first built in the Yuanfeng period of the Northern Song Dynasty (1078-1085), is a temple integrating ancient Foshan ceramic sculpture, wood carving, casting and architectural art. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit and attracts nearly 1 million visitors every year. Domestic and foreign tourists go sightseeing. The first phase of the restoration project of Liangyuan, a famous garden of a generation, was completed in 1997. There is an endless stream of tourist groups visiting the famous garden. Shunde Qinghui Garden, one of the four famous gardens in Guangdong in the Qing Dynasty, the national scenic spot Xiqiao Mountain in Nanhai, as well as the Confucius Temple in the urban area, Renshou Temple, Kang Youwei's former residence in Nanhai, Shunde Xishan Temple, Sanshui Lubaoxu Wangzu Temple, Wenta, Gaoming Wenchang Pagoda, Linggui Pagoda, etc. attract many tourists. Foshan has 5,000 years of cultural heritage, endless legends and stories, and numerous celebrities throughout the ages. For example, Liang Chu, the grand master of the Ming Dynasty, Lun Wenxu, the champion of the Ming Dynasty, Li Wenmao, the Cantonese opera artist of the Qing Dynasty, Chen Qiyuan, the national capitalist of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Feihong, the martial arts master of the Qing Dynasty, Kang Youwei, the reform leader of the modern bourgeoisie, Zhan Tianyou, the first person to build railways in China, and Zhan Tianyou, the first railway builder in China in the late Qing Dynasty. Novelist Wu Jianren, martial arts star Bruce Lee, one of the leaders of the labor movement Deng Pei, anti-Japanese hero Wu Qin, revolutionary martyr Chen Tiejun, etc.

In recent years, the construction of tourist attractions in Foshan has accelerated. A large number of new tourist resorts with fast construction speed and a certain scale have stood out and begun to produce good economic and social benefits.

Those that have been completed and opened to the public include: Foshan Liangyuan first phase restoration project, Radio and Television Center, Jihua Garden, golf course, Foshan Paradise Music Fountain, Golden Horse Theater Cultural Activity Center; Nanhai Nanguo Taoyuan, Xiqiao Guanyin Cultural Garden, Wong Tai Sin Shengjing Garden, Huang Feihong Lion Art Martial Arts Hall, Tianhu Park Art Plaza, Qingyun Cave Scenic Area; Sanshui Daqitou Ancient Village, Kongsheng Garden in Forest Park, the world’s largest reclining Buddha, Thousand Buddha Mountain; Shunde Qinghui Garden Complex Park expansion, Shunde Mountain Tourism Center, Baolin Temple, Jun'an Ecological Park, New World Convention and Exhibition Center; Gaoming "back garden" construction along the beautiful river landscape belt, "Three Highs" agricultural tourism base, forest park, natural hunting ground , reservoir tourist resorts, etc. These tourist attractions centered on Foshan and including four municipalities directly under the central government, with huge investment, large scale, and rich static tourism resources are connected together. They are changing the situation of Foshan's tourist attractions that are not attractive and unattractive. . At the same time, Foshan's dynamic tourism resources, such as Foshan Autumn Color Festival, Shiwan Pottery Art Festival, Gaoming Hunting Festival, Shunde Dragon Boat Race, South China Sea Lion Dance Race, Kite Race, etc., as well as Foshan's traditional tourism crafts and tourism cuisine, such as Shiwan Dolls, Foshan autumn colors, paper-cut handicrafts, Fengcheng delicacies, etc., echo with it, making Foshan become a famous tourist city that "tours and travels" and is increasingly charming.