On September 15, the reporter learned from the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Tourism, Radio, Television and Sports that during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday this year, the whole city received 1.2416 million tourists of all kinds, and realized a tourism income of 1002 million yuan, which increased by 15.38 percent and 24.53 percent respectively compared with the same period last year. The tourist travel showed a rapid growth trend. Red tourism, mountain lake leisure tourism, rural leisure tourism routes were popular with tourists.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Dongjiang Lake, Suxianling, Wangxianling, Feitian Mountain and other scenic spots were very popular. Mangshan National Forest Park is the site of the opening ceremony of this year's Hunan International Cultural Tourism Festival, attracting many tourists to visit in advance.

Red tourism is still popular. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the main red tourism scenic spots in our city, such as the First Military Regulation Plaza in Shatian, Guidong County, the red tourism base of Shazhou Village in Rucheng County, the old site of the headquarters of the Yizhang Xiangnan Uprising and Huang Kecheng's former residence, all attracted many tourists to explore history, remember the martyrs, and feel the deep feelings of the military and civilian.

In recent years, homestay has become another beautiful scenery in our city's tourism industry. All kinds of group tours, parent-child tours, and student gathering tours prefer the homestays . It is very difficult to find a room for living in the homestays of Zixing, Guidong, Rucheng and other places. According to statistics, during the Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, the booking rate of high-quality homestays in Zixing City exceeded 85 percent, and the occupancy rate reached more than 95 percent. At the same time, outdoor sports and research tourism are becoming a new favorite of tourists.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, the tourism market in Chenzhou City was in good order, and there were no major safety accidents in all scenic spots of the city.