It was learned from Hunan Zixing Tourism and Foreign Affair Bureau that Zixing city’s tourism was very hot during the golden week of Chinese Spring Festival. In the first 5 days of the golden week, 118,000 visitors travelled to Huangcao, Bailang, Qingjiang, and small Dongjiang of Dongjiang Lake landscape, up 58%.

Self-driving became the hottest travel mode of Zixing tourism. Besides some groups organized by travel agencies, 80% of the visitors who traveled to Zixing city were by self-driving. More than 3000 vehicles/day travelled to Dongjiang Landscape during the holiday. More vehicles from other cities travelled there this year, mostly were from Guangdong province and Changsha city. According to the sampling observation from Dam parking lot that 60% of the cars parked there were with other places’ car plates.

At the meantime, more colorful tour types were available in Zixing city during this holiday, especially for the rural leisure tourism. On February 10, 2016, more than 20,000 visitors travelled to Dawangzhai, Bailang, Liuhuawan ancient dwelling landscapes. Tangxi hot spring received more than 1600 visitors/day. The rural inns were extremely hot. Cultural tours were popular as well that Wuling Agricultural Civilization Museum, Sanxiangsishui Cultural Street and some other cultural places were the visitors’ favorite tourism destinations. According to the statistic, 5246, 4656, 4851, and 3174 visitors travelled to Wuling Agricultural Civilization Museum from Lunar New Year’s Day to the 4th day of the New Year respectively, up 38% on daily reception. Shoufo Temple and Huilong Hill were popular as well that more than 6100 visitors came to Shoufo Temple in Lunar New Year’s Day, up 33%.

During the holiday, all the staffs that were on duty in the landscapes of Zixing city well played their roles. The traffic polices tried great efforts to grant the landscape with sound order.