According to the statistics, 31 scenic areas received a total of 1,102,356 tourists with an increase of 4.3% year on year, and generated ticket income of 64,983,052 yuan. 

 

 

Chenzhou had 4 among Hunan’s top 10 scenic areas in terms of ticket income, which are the Mangshan Mountain (the Wuzhi Peak Scenic Area), the Dongjiang Lake (around the lake), the Gaoyi Ridge and the Yangtian Lake Grassland. The Mangshan Mountain (the Wuzhi Peak Scenic Area) created an accumulated ticket income of 20.3967 million yuan, ranking first in Hunan Province. The Dongjiang Lake (around the lake) had an accumulated ticket income of 16.8345 million yuan, ranking third in Hunan Province.

 

There were lots of cultural and tourism activities. During the National Day holiday, many cultural and tourism business units in the city launched a series of activities. 

 

The Red tourism scenic areas in Shazhou Village, Rucheng County held one-month 2022 Hunan Rucheng Farmers’ Harvest Festival. The Dongjiang Lake scenic area presented intangible cultural heritage performance activities. The Wuzhi Peak Scenic Area in the Mangshan Mountain provided band performances, magic shows and fairy parades. The Yangtian Lake Grassland carried out carnival night activities, such as folk custom performances, rock band performances, bonfire carnivals and fireworks displays, bringing tourists a different immersive experience.

 

 

Chenzhou Changjuan Historical and Cultural Block held the 2022 Chenzhou Changjuan Intangible Cultural Heritage Guochao Cultural and Art Festival. Cultural activities were held in all scenic areas, characteristic blocks and rural tourist attractions in the city to meet the needs of tourists to enjoy the beautiful scenery as well as local customs of Chenzhou.

 

The nighttime economy boomed. The night cultural and tourism consumption activities, like night tour of the Cuijiang River, night view of the Ailian Lake, light show in Beihu Park, night reading in Lianxi Academy, Chenzhou Changjuan intangible cultural heritage night market and Heping night market, were very popular with the tourists to Chenzhou. According to incomplete statistics, night tourists in the city accounted for more than 30% of all tourists during the National Day Golden Week.

 

 

The Internet-famous scenic areas gained in great popularity. The Dongjiang Lake Scenic Area (around the lake), the Yangtian Lake Grassland, the Feitian Mountain (the Gaoyi Ridge), the Mangshan Mountain (the Wuzhi Peak) and other Internet-famous sites attracted a large number of tourists. In particular, the Chinese Restaurant Season 6, which was filmed and recorded by Hunan Satellite TV in the Yangtian Lake Grassland Scenic Area, has become such a hit that it has attracted numerous tourists from all over the country.

 

Red tourism was highly sought after. The Red tourism scenic areas in Shazhou Village received nearly 10,000 tourists daily during the seven-day National Day holiday. Such patriotism education bases as the Former Site of the South Hunan Uprising Headquarters in Yizhang County, Huang Kecheng’s Former Residence, Xiao Ke’s Former Residence and the Memorial Hall of the South Hunan Uprising have become places to carry out Red education, arouse patriotism and recall the hard revolutionary years of the ancestors and martyrs.

 

 

The market order was safe and stable. During the National Day holiday, tourism was in good order and service quality was significantly improved, creating a good atmosphere of safe, orderly, standardized and civilized travel.