27 country music groups from 27 countries have accepted the invitation to 2013 Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week scheduled to open at Huanglong Cave Ecological Square on August 31, 2013, according to the organizing committee of the event on June 4. Visitors and music fans will be lucky to enjoy world leading artists' tour performances at most popular scenic spots of this world natural heritage site such as Huanglong Cave, Baofeng Lake, Laomowan, Tianzi Mountain, Tianmen Mountain and Xibu Avenue.Among the guest performers are the Indian dancer Prathibha Prahlad who was honored as the most innovative and epoch-making artist by the media, and Jean-Francois Maljean, the prestigious Belgium pianist. Some outstanding bands and troupes will stage their fantastic performances including Chinese Dong Brothers, German Sound Workshop widely known in Europe, indigenous and enchanting South African Drum Band and the Peru traditional religious opera troupe "Dancing with Monsters"Translator: Guo YanSource: enghunan.gov.cn

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On June 5th, Zhangjiajie launched a ceremony at Zhangjiajie People’s Square In honor of World Environment Day. This activity was hosted by Municipal Political Consultative Conference, Municipal Construction Bureau, Municipal Environmental Protection Agency and Zhangjiajie Shouchuang Water Affairs Limited Company.This year,China defined the theme of World Environment Day as “breathing together, struggle together”, aiming at liberating and delivering the concept of beautiful China shared by everyone and responsible by everyone. In addition,China also advocated every citizen under the sky to protect ecological environment, disciplining them to begin from themselves, from doing petty things. What’s more, they required every citizen to respect and observe nature, increasing their awareness of thrift as well as environmental and ecological protection. This activity displayed a lot of posters on environmental protection and resources-saving, attracting many citizens’ attention. They signed their name one after another, building a favorable ecological civilization construction atmosphere for the society.By Emma

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According to the source from Brigade Committee Office, Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan core scenic area will approve “Beautiful Hunan Travel Card” on June 7th, making favorable admission cost for any Beautiful Hunan Travel Card” owners.To carry forward the project of benefiting people and tourism informatization, Hunan Tourist Administration integrated all the provincial fair tourist resources, make this card accessible and available to the public. This card includes 84 scenic spots, which worths a total of 4200RMB. Luckily, with this card in hand, it costs only 200RMB for 81 scenic spots is free. Since June 7th, Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan core scenic area will set up exclusive window at the ticket stands of Wujiayu and National Forest Park. The entrance fee for “Beautiful Hunan Travel Card” owners will only cost 160RMB.By Emma

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On June 4th, the final battle of Zhangjiajie’s seventh university students tour guide talent contest makes a perfect end in Weigang Cross Street. After fierce competition, Ning yiyou, a student from institute of tourism and management engineering of Jishou University, wins the first prize with her excellent explanation and outstanding comprehensive performance.The contest, started on April 17th, receives 124 contestants from Zhangjiajie’s universities. Ning yiyou and Ying yanan and other nine students standing out from 124 competitors, enter into the final battle. These contestants vividly display the youthful vigorousness and good images, especially their wonderful talents shows, such as some of professional popular songs, Dai dance with national customs and touching elocntes, which arose blast of applauses.The contest is aimed to meet the uprising of travel on the net, the diversities of tourism means, the development of China’s tourism. At the same time, it can enrich campus life, display college students’s talents, enhance their tourism knowledge skills and expand a new filed of version for tourism culture. Last but not least, it providers a platform to display themselves and selects elites for tourism industry, which can pave road for tourism’s development.Translated by Crystal

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On June 3, Fenghuang county unveiled its open ceremony of the joint construction and management of urban and rural activity at the theme of “Building harmonious and beautiful Fenghuang together”. Under the guidance of the cadre, the masses started an impressive sanitation activity.In Fenghuang County, more than 2000 cadre and 1000 common people under separate hygiene turnout area did cleaning to answer the call of this activity. About 30 vehicles was dispatched and over 300 cube rubbish of all kinds clean up. According to introduction of the chargers, this activity will aim at improving unban and rural living environment, developing healthy and civilized lifestyle and raising the awareness that everyone is responsible for protecting environment. In addition, it mobilized people to respond to the call of joint construction and management of urban and rural activity, beautifying, afforesting and brightening Fenghuang. As a result, it helped to enhance the cultural tourism image and build an international tourist attraction, laying a solid foundation to apply for the world cultural heritage and a national healthy county.By Emma

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Have you ever felt confused when you visit Wulingyuan seeing many rare trees with Chinese names on their tags, not knowing their meaning let alone the Chinese introductions. But now the embarrassed situation is changed, for on June 4, the tourism administration of ZJJ Wulingyuan hangs name tags with both Chinese and English versions on over one hundred kinds of tress of the main tourism channels. The tags introduce the trees’s relevant informations, providing a chance for tourists to learn the scenic spot’s forest resources and master knowledge of trees.Translated by Crystal

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It is said that up to 5000 European guests have come to visit Wulingyuan from January to May, doubled than the same period in last year. The statistics shows that as a tourist resort, Zhangjiajie has steadily opened up European market step by step, being an important strength to attract overseas guests.For many years in the past, it was kind of difficult for Zhangjiajie to reach out for European Countries. However, after Zhangjiajie taking many measures, this situation changed. In 2010, the American blockbuster, Avatar took a view of suspension of mountain in Wulingyuan. Zhangjiajie took this opportunity to carry out a series of marketing campaign, successfully turning the downturn of European market at that time. Many European media, such as American National Broadcasting Company and Italy Broadcasting Company covered this events, attracting a great many European guests and traveling salesmen.In recent years, Zhangjiajie hosted several international activities one after another, which did good to attract worldwide attention and enhance the publicity of Zhangjiajie to European counties. Those activities are Baofeng Lake Hypoxic Contest, Tianmenshan wing outfit flight, Iron man climbing the dragon ladder and International County Music Festival for two consecutive terms.The head of the tourism sector in Wulingyuan introduced that among all the European guests, American ranked the first place, followed by Canada. In addition, he predicted that about 20 thousand European guests would come to visit Zhangjiajie in 2013. It is planed that they will strengthen promotion in Canada. Besides, they will develop more charming tourist products as well as importing and training international tourist service, ensuring the quality of tourist service up to a new level.By Emma

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From June 1 to May 31th,2014, the primary and secondary students from home and abroad under the age of 19(including 19 years old) not only can enjoy a free travel in ZJJ Wulingyuan core scenic spot, but participate in the composition contest with prize honored, themed with “Beautiful China, Ecological Civilization Education Started from the Students”.The range of the compositions covers primary and secondary students from home and abroad who care about Zhangjiajie’s landscapes, environment and ecology. The forms of the contest include narration, poem, prose and painting, etc, which embody many aspects, such as Zhangjiajie geomorphology, scenic landscape, ecological environment, biodiversity and resources and environment protection, etc.The composition should contribute to server@zjjgood.com in electronic document(consulting telephone is 0744-8383173). You can choose the topic and theme by yourself. There is your name, age, grade, instructor, school and telephone number at the end of the composition.Conducting the composition contest is sound activity to popularize science and technology towards global primary and secondary students students. It can make the students learn more about ecological protection and scientific and technologic knowledge and advocate civilized tourism.Translated by Crystal

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