Total tourism revenue hit 349million yuan

During May Day holiday, family travel, citizen travel, independent travel, self-driving travel, and other travel ways were the main forces for Chenzhou tourism, while the county village tourism was also hot and the tourism market of Chenzhou city was operated stably and orderly. According to the statistic, 553,600 visitors were received by Chenzhou city from May 1- May 3, 2015 with an increase of 31.56%. The total tourism comprehensive revenue was amounted to 349million yuan with an increase of 34.75%.

Thanks to the free toll fee policy for this May Day holiday and the sound tourism propaganda work handled out by Chenzhou city, many more visitors were attracted to travel there. From this April, Chenzhou city held 2015 Chenzhou Tourism Promotion Conference in Changsha, attended 2015 Central China Tourism Fair in Wuhan, held the 7th Cole Festival in Anren county, and held 8th Alpine Azalea in Mount Mang of Yizhang county, all of which helped to warm-up the tourism market. During the May Day holiday, the drifting of Dongjiang lake was officially reopened, Guiyang Ecological Cultural Park was opened to public, and Children Water Park of Rucheng Reshui Hot Spring attracted many visitors. Dongjiang Lake, Mount Mang, Suxianling, Wanhuayan. Wangxianling, Rucheng Reshui Hot Spring, Baoshan mining tourism, Feitian Mountain, Anren Field Park, Jiulongjiang National Forest Park, Banliang Ancient Village, and some other key landscapes of Chenzhou city attracted large amount of travelers there.

Self-driving travel and independent travel were the major travelling ways chosen by travelers during the May Day holiday. In early May, green trees and clear water made villages of Chenzhou city look like beautiful painting. Furthermore, it is the mature season for nectarine, loquat and some other fruits, many visitors were attracted there to enjoy the fruit-picking and tea-picking time, village idyllic scenery, rural food, rural inn life, and so on there. Suxian Xianyue Water Land, Heping village of Wangxian town, Jiuzhuyuan of Guiyang county and some other tourism villages were full of visitors during the holiday.

It was the first year for the cooperation of great east Hunan tourism area, the major media of Hunan province presented profound propaganda of the tourism resources of great east Hunan area, which helped to attract more visitors to go to Rucheng county, Guidong county, Anren county and Zixing city where were covered into the tourism area. According to the statistic, 287,900 visitors traveled to the above four mentioned counties (city) during the May Day holiday with an increase of 41.7%; and the comprehensive tourism revenue was amounted to 182million yuan with an increase of 45.8%.