CCTV News (News Network): During the Qingming Festival holiday, spring is bright. The rich and colorful cultural and tourism activities in various places allow tourists to enjoy the beautiful spring time.
The spring is in full bloom, and it is time to visit the garden to enjoy the flowers. The Mid-Spring Flower Festival held in Yuyuan, Shanghai, combines innovative consumption scenarios and experiences such as spring flower scenes and national trend markets. Visitors take photos and check in between flower fields, taste spring food in time-honored brands, and enjoy happy holidays. The major municipal parks in Beijing have ushered in a peak in passenger flow. In the Temple of Heaven Park, the average daily number of tourists received over 100,000 during the holidays. The park launches a variety of flower-viewing routes and cultural activities, and many citizens and tourists stroll in the park to experience the charm of traditional culture. During this holiday, there are many tourists in Hangzhou West Lake, and people go out to enjoy the flowers on Su Di and Bai Di, and feel the beauty of West Lake. Two days before the holiday, the West Lake Scenic Area received more than 1.42 million passengers, an increase of 28% year-on-year.
Spring camping is also very popular. On the S101 line of Xinjiang's "Tianshan Geographic Gallery", this landscape avenue running through the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, this spring, a kite flying area is specially set up along the line. Visitors fly kites between the Danxia landform and the Gobi grassland, and immersively experience the beautiful spring time.
This Qingming Festival holiday, major scenic spots have also ushered in a peak in passenger flow. In Tianshui, Gansu, Maijishan Grottoes received more than 30,000 tourists on April 5. Visitors from all over the world come here to experience the exquisite grotto art. In the ancient city of Fenghuang in Xiangxi, Hunan, the unique water town style and profound historical and cultural heritage attract a large number of tourists, and people visit the ancient city, visit the Tuojiang River, and enjoy folk customs. In Xiamen, Fujian, Gulang Island is crowded with people, and people stroll in the streets and alleys, feeling the unique charm of this small island. Two days before the holiday, about 80,000 people went to the island, an increase of 13% over the same period last year. In Shaanxi, the number of tourists received by 51 key tourist attractions monitored during the holiday increased by 7.73% year-on-year, and tourism operating income was 167.3863 million yuan, an increase of 9.24% year-on-year. The opening hours of the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum Museum will be increased by 1 hour a day and 5,000 tickets will be added.
The holiday nights are equally wonderful. In Tianjin, more than 10,000 people have taken boats to travel to Haihe overnight during the festival. In Wuxi, Jiangsu, the "AI Tower" light and shadow technology show launched by Nihua Bay Scenic Area attracts tourists to come one after another to enjoy this visual feast of culture and technology.
Comprehensive online travel platform data shows that during this Qingming Festival, short-distance tours and surrounding tours are the mainstream choices for people. The order volume of surrounding tours increased by 136% during the Qingming Festival holiday. Historical and cultural districts, business districts, and key tourist villages and towns across the country have created a tourism complex integrating catering, accommodation, shopping and other formats, attracting many tourists.
