On the evening of September 30th, the first tourist train of "Qilian Mountain" officially departed. The first stop of this trip was the Tachik Salt Lake, which is renowned as the "Mirror of the Sky". This journey began a distinctive journey of living in the highlands.

The "Qilian Mountain" train innovatively introduced a new model of tourism, with a total duration of 6 days and 5 nights. It provided tourists with a one-stop deep circular travel experience. The itinerary adopted a configuration of "4 nights of train room accommodation + 1 night of ground hotel in Cold Lake Town", adhering to the travel concept of "night driving, day viewing". The train started from Xining and passed through Tachik, Delinah, Dachaidan, Geermu, and Bird Island before returning to Xining. The salt lake, desert, yadans, and highland lakes were connected into a line, allowing tourists to experience the diverse highland scenery of Qinghai in one place.

After the train arrived at the Tachik station, the scenic area opened a dedicated tour passage. Tourists transferred to the salt lake small train to reach the core lake area. On the vast white salt lake, tourists stopped to take photos and take selfies. Many families with children played on the lake surface. The magnificent scenery of the salt lake under the sky, water and sky blending together, was captured perfectly. As night fell, the night tour of Tachik Salt Lake was staged splendidly. During the tour, tourists could also enter the cultural and creative district to select salt sculpture and other characteristic cultural and creative souvenirs to preserve the unique travel memories of Tachik.

"During the National Day holiday, I brought my family to Qinghai and was fortunate to take this tourist train. Night tour of Tachik, with the interplay of the evening glow, lights, stars, and bonfire, the scenery was so captivating." Tourist Mr. Zhang from Shanghai said with amazement. Since this year, the Tachik Salt Lake has received multiple tourist trains, focusing on developing night tour products, allowing tourists to enjoy the clarity of the salt lake during the day and the unique romance in the evening.

Taking advantage of the opening of the tourist train, the Tachik Salt Lake scenic area has connected the "city travel - railway sightseeing - salt lake tour" complete cultural tourism chain, effectively converting the rail transit into a distinctive tourism supporting resource for the scenic area. Based on its unique salt lake ecology, night tour experience, and folk culture resources, the Tachik Salt Lake firmly grasps the traffic advantage and transforms it into a tangible cultural and tourism development advantage. It continuously shines the distinctive cultural tourism brand of "China's Sky Mirror".

The railway tracks extend towards the distant plateau, and the scenery changes with the wheels. The train not only enriches the immersive tour experience of tourists, effectively activates the consumption vitality of the scenic area, but also provides a replicable and promotable operational practice sample for the Tachik Salt Lake. The scenic area uses its own development as a pivot, connects high-quality cultural tourism resources around it, radiates to the surrounding areas in a point-to-area manner, strengthens its own brand while contributing the Tachik practice and strength to the implementation of the "railway + scenic area" model and the improvement and enhancement of the overall tourism quality and efficiency in Qinghai.