The 2012 Tourism Working Conference on Mid-Autumn Day and National Day Holiday was held by Hunan Provincial Government on the morning of September 20.The holiday tourism nationwide will start on September 24. Hunan is expected to meet its highest travel peak in the upcoming eight-day Golden Week holiday from September 30 to October 7. According to a sample survey by Hunan Tourism Bureau, 90% of Changsha citizens intend to travel in the holidays, significantly higher than the number of last year.The free-pass policy was issued this year that passenger cars with seven seats or less and motorcycles will get a free pass on toll roads, bridges and tunnels during the Spring Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, Labor Day and National Day. This will put unprecedented pressure on the country's highways during the Golden Week holiday. Therefore, one or two designated lanes for passenger cars are scheduled to set on main highways during the holiday to facilitate the traffic.Translator: Yin XiaodongSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On September 17th, zhangjiajie association by the organization’s 2012 zhangjiajie, popular science activities launching ceremony held in the wulingyuan.The “national science day” activities is a centralized organization of popular science activities, holding every September throughout the country. The theme of Zhangjiajie science day activities is to “call for zhangjiajie landscape , advocate the ecological low carbon traveling “. And the purpose is to fully embody the zhangjiajie characteristics. With the aid of various activities, through various channels, it will public rich science knowledge of” zhangjiajie landscape “. Thus,it will set the brand of” zhangjiajie landscape “.

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When The Buddha JiGong 3 is on screen, the background is very beautiful. The landscape is so charming, with the highest elevation of the natural cave spectacle, tianmen mountain. So we can see visiblily that zhangjiajie is so famous.The first 24 minutes of The Buddha JiGong 3, appearing JiGong lead spirit zen son, etc to fight the devils. The background is landmark attractions, zhangjiajie tianmen mountain, which is the birthplace of the miracle, the world the highest elevation of the natural cave. Tianmen cave appeares in the myth slice, in fact, this explains the beautiful mountain, beautiful water of zhangjiajie, beautiful people, more fairy place to live.Translated by Sophia

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Aizhai Bridge over Dehang canyon is the longest suspension bridge all over the world with a main span of 1176m. Its bridge towers about 350m above the ground and owns worldwide renown for creating four worlds first.On sept.15th, the first International Base Jumping Festival in 2012 and Adil’s hire-wire walking challenge have made their debut on Aizhai Bridge—the world first suspension bridge in Jishou. Adil, known as China’s High-altitude king as well as the sixth descendant of “Dawazi” (means walking a tightrope in Uygur language) walks together with his two apprentices on a tightrope of 1432m and succeeds in two-times transposition, creating a world record for longest threesome high-wire walking.By Brenda

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The press conference on 2012 Zhangjiajie Forest Protection Festivalheld on the evening of September 18 attracted more than 120 journalists from 60-plus domestic and overseas media. The conference marked the opening of this "Enjoying Natural Beauty and Promoting Ecological Civilization" themed festival at Zhangjiajie National Forest Park on September 19. Visitors are expected to witness a series of marvelous activities including the opening ceremony of this festival, gala performances, unveiling ceremony for Bronze Statue of Wu Guangzhong-great master of traditional Chinese paintings and shooting ceremony of "Dream in Zhangjiajie". Zhangjiajie National Forest Park as China's first state-level forest park was founded in September, 1982. During its 30 years, the park has developed from a forest farm into a prestigious tourist attraction. Its operation philosophy has evolved from "a park for sightseeing" into an ecological park and a park spreading ecological culture. Launched in 1991, Zhangjiajie Forest Protection Festival is said to be the only public celebration for forest protection. Translator: Guo Yan Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On September 17th, reporters at the service seat of WuLingYuan mark door, found that xibu street workers give visitors the wulingyuan scenic tourist map “.“This kind of tourist map is practical, marked with wulingyuan main attraction position, and the distance from xibu street which facilitate reasonable arrangement of tourists visiting.”The staff introduce, from now on,it will distribute 4000 free scenic tourist map to the tourists every day. It not only provides convenient for the vast number of tourists visiting zhangjiajie scenic core, but also will let the visitors further understanding of Xibu street.ZJJ Xibu street, located in the SuoXi river of wulingyuan city, opening to tourists from home and abroad this May 16th, for the only free visit scenic spots of zhangjiajie.Translated by Sophia

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As reported, thanks to Hunan province’s successive holding of international tourism festival, tourism commodity exposition, and international forest conservation festival and so on, Zhangjiajie witnesses the coming of more and more overseas businessmen as well as visitors, which making the autumn tourism become much more popular home and abroad. Tianzi Mountain, Huangshi village, Yuangjiajie and other scenic spots are hugged by numerous tourists these days.Other than the often seen South Korean visitors, western visitors also catch your eyes from time to time. According to the principal who is in charge of Yellow Dragon Cave, at least 10 different nationalities involved amid those overseas tourists recently. In recent years, it is self-evident that Zhangjiajie’s tourism awareness has been improved greatly by means of the successful holding of a series of creative international marketing activities.Translated by Becky

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Chen Xianchun, vice mayor of Changsha met with a delegation headed by Bruno Matheu, executive vice president of Air France- KLM on September 13. Their visit is a part of the group's training program for executives, and aims to investigate social and economic development in urban areas and the whole country. Vice Mayor Chen briefed guests upon Changsha's social and economic progress. He said, in recent years, the city has witnessed vigorous economic growth and acceleration of internationalization. Being a transport hub in central China, the city has earned a reputation of "regional shopping and entertainment center" with total economic aggregate ranking seventh among capital cities across the country. It boasts vast potential in cooperation with European countries in trade, culture and tourism sectors. However, this prospect will not be realized without sound international airline services. Chen invited the French airline to deepen cooperation with Changsha by opening up direct flights between the city and London, Paris, Amsterdam and Frankfort. These air bridges would facilitate closer cooperation between the city and Europe. Bruno Matheu said he was deeply impressed with booming Changsha. He firmly believed that tourists' dream to enjoy Changsha -Europe direct flights would come true in the near future. Translator: Guo Yan Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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