The 7-day Spring Festival holiday was finished on February 24, 2015. According to the data collected by Chenzhou Tourism and Foreign Affairs Bureau that 924,600 visitors were received by Chenzhou city during the 7-day holiday, up 23.1%. The total tourism revenue hit 697million yuan with an increase of 28.6%.
All landscapes, star-level hotels and travel agencies were decorated well with the favor of traditional Chinese New Year to attract more visitors.
Traveling to Chenzhou city by high speed train became the priority choice for the visitors who leave near high speed train lines. According to the data collected by the travel agencies, over 30,000 travelers visited Chenzhou city by high speed train. More visitors were received by the famous landscapes of Chenzhou city: 9600 visitors came to Mount Mang, 12,600 visitors came to Dongjiang Lake with an increase of 21%, and 27,000visitors came to Feitian Mountain with an increase of 20.6%.
Many visitors from Guangdong and Guangxi province and Changsha, Zhuzhou, Xiangtan and other cities of Hunan province chose to drive to Mount Mang, Sanhe Farm, Yangtian Lake, Green Island Camp, Feitian Mountain, and other tourism destinations of Chenzhou city. Winter views of Mount Mang and traditional Spring Festival folks of Yao minority attracted many visitors from Guangdong and Guangxi province and HK that hundreds of cars drove into Chenzhou city from Guangdong province. 90% of the visitors who came to Suxianling and Wangxianling landscapes were self-driving. According to the preliminary statistics, 23,000 self-driving cars were drove to Chenzhou city and 60,000 visitors traveled to Chenzhou city during this holiday.
Along with the construction of "hot spring city of China", most of the hot spring landscapes of Chenzhou city were extremely hot during the holiday. All rooms of Mount Mang Hotel were reserved one week before the holiday and it was kept full reservation in the 7-day holiday; 23,000 visitors were received by Fuquan Villa with an increase of 32%; and 12,000 visitors were received by Longnv landscape with an increase of 15%.
Enjoying different New Year favor with rural features became a special feature of this Spring Festival. Xiaobu Ecological City of Beihu district, leisure farms of Sanhe village, Qixiu Villa of Guiyang county, Banliang ancient village of Yongxing county, Huayangnianhua leisure villa of Zixing city, Wangxianling, Beach Park and other places along the two-oriented society demonstration belt of Chenyong Avenue were hot tourism destinations of Chenzhou city.