Jiuquan lies in the western part of the Hexi Corridor, surrounded by the Altyn Tagh Mountains, Qilianshan Mountains and Mazong Mountain (Northern Mountain).
Ahead of the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, Gansu has seen its tourism market continue to rise, and Lanzhou city has become a popular tourist destination in Northwest China.
Jiuquan is famous at home and abroad for its Dunhuang culture, frontier culture and space technology and was selected as "The Most Popular Well-Known Western City".