In April, 2005, China National Geographic magazine and 34 national media jointly selected the "Most Beautiful Places in China", and as the exclusive cooperative media in Shandong, launched the "Top Ten Most Beautiful Places in Shandong" selection activity. Shandong Underground Grand Canyon Tourist Area was selected as "Top Ten Most Beautiful Places in Shandong" by the unanimous opinion of the expert group that "the underground grand canyon has typical karst landform characteristics and strong ornamental value". The scale design of the tourist area is also based on the travel ability of ordinary people, which fully embodies the concept of "man is the son of nature with distinctive landscape characteristics" and tourists' high online telephone voting.
In May 2005 1 Golden Week, the tourism market of Shandong Underground Grand Canyon became more and more noticeable. On May 2nd, Shandong TV Station issued a yellow warning to remind tourists that the tourist area of Shandong Underground Grand Canyon is full, and the travel itinerary should be adjusted appropriately. This is the only yellow warning issued by Shandong TV in this golden week. In seven days, it received 208,000 tourists, and the satisfaction rate of tourists was also greatly improved. No complaints occurred. In September, 2005, it was named "Top Ten Drifting Resorts in China". In 2005, it was rated as a national geological park, and in 2006, it was rated as a national AAAA-level tourist area.
20 10 is influenced by the concept of "low-carbon, green", and environmental protection tourism is quietly emerging. The way of advocating low-carbon environmental protection tourism in Grand Canyon Scenic Area has won favorable comments from tourists.
On the basis of the first phase of the project, the second phase of the project was carried out in the winter of 2004 in the tourist area: a new scenic road and a sub-large parking lot with daily parking 1000 vehicles were built; Building large-scale catering facilities; Repairing the ancient building Longxiang Pavilion at the top of Longgang Mountain; Extend the underground river drifting to 1000 meters; On the west side of Longgang Mountain, a 2,800-meter large-scale tube-rail electric slide car for participatory entertainment will be built, and tourists will be transported at the same time; The reconstruction of the line and the redesign of the lighting layout in the cave have created the basic conditions for declaring the national geological park and reaching the national AAAA level scenic spot standard. All-weather tube-rail electric scooter is one of the longest environmental protection sightseeing projects in Shandong, which belongs to the leading technology in China.