The Hainan Airlines opened its non-stop service between Changsha and Melbourne on November 9, 2016. This was Changsha’s second direct flight to Oceania, and the forth direct intercontinental flight, after the Changsha-Sydney route opened on Sept. 12. On the afternoon, a flash mob was staged at the departure hall of the Changsha Huanghua International Airport, to celebrate the opening of the Changsha-Melbourne flight. A group of staffs in kangaroo costumes danced with Australian folk music, attracting passengers to cheer and dance together. The Changsha-Melbourne flight on Airbus 330 will be operated every Wednesday and Sunday. It will take off at 17:45 Changsha time and arrive at Melbourne at 7 o’clock the next day morning, and then take a return flight from 9 o’clock to 16:30. This flight further enlarged Hunan’s international airline network, and facilitated Changsha’s progress as a regional aviation hub for international transportation. So far, Changsha Huanghua International Airport has operated more than 150 flights of over 50 airlines, covering 119 cities in China, South Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Passengers take photo with “Kangaroo”.Translator: Pang YuehuiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The Second Eco-cultural Tourism Festival was held at Shangxiang Village, Boyang Town, Tongdao Dong Autonomous County on Nov. 10, 2016, to mark the 80th anniversary of the Red Army's Long March passing through the Dong minority village. The photos above show villagers in Red Army uniform or splendid folk costume are singing revolutionary songs and playing lusheng to commemorate the anniversary. Translator: Yu JiangjiangSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On October 29th, under the uav aerial, the world’s longest and highest grand canyon glass bridge in Zhangjiajie, looks like a dragon walking over steep cliffs, through in the ethereal cloud.From a bird’s-eye view, bridge high precision likes a shade fitting for ink and wash painting.Translated by Sophia

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In ZJJ Huanglong hole ecological square stone pavement,fossils are found by many visitors. Ecological square stone pavement has a variety of fossils, but mainly the cornerstone, is the largest number of long tapered rectangular stone.It is understood that the angle of petrochemical stone is a kind of software Marine invertebrate animal fossils, 450 million years ago, is one of the characteristic of the fossils in China. it is mainly distributed in Hunan, Hubei ordovician strata. Its shape is general cone, like a pagoda, bamboo, noble and elegant.Zhangjiajie over billions of years ago is a piece of sea, then after geological changes, the deep mountains show. Then nature also brings biological coagulation of hundreds of millions of rocks in coincidence.When using the slab to lay the road, mainly in order to highlight the local characteristics, it makes square building materials and mountain become together, which unexpectedly is accomplished on this scale fossil square. Rich and colorful fossil adds a very mysterious scenery to Huanglong hole ecological square. “Fossil square” is sure to be a shiny card of Huanglong scenic area.Translated by Sophia

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The Xiangjiang Forum lowers its curtain on Oct. 30, 2016. Representatives of ancient towns from six countries, including the UK, Japan, and Cambodia, discuss about inheritance and development of ancient town culture. The Development Research Think Tank (DRTT) Forum 2016 -- Xiangjiang Forum & World Summit on Leisure Agriculture and Rural Tourism concluded at Wangcheng, Changsha, on Oct. 30. Former Director of the Development Research Center of the State Council Lu Baifu, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial People’s Congress Liu Lianyu, and Changsha Vice Mayor Chen Zhong attended and addressed the closing ceremony.During the two-day forum, over 200 ancient town representatives and experts, and think tank scholars on ancient town study from home and abroad, gave lectures and discussed about ancient town development issues associated with whole-region tourism. The attendees also toured around Wangcheng District, to get a better understanding of its economic and social development, as well as profound Huxiang culture. This forum would bring great opportunity for the further development of Wangcheng’s ancient town cluster built along the Xiangjiang River.Eight industrial magnates contracted with Wangcheng District for investment and cooperation, including China South Publishing & Media Group, Huaxia Investment Group, and the CYTS.Over the past two years, 33 leisure tourism and cultural projects have settled at the ancient town cluster built along the Xiangjiang River, among which five projects exceeding a hundred million yuan investment. These projects will vigorously fuel the ancient towns’ development.Translator: Pang YuehuiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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In 2015, Hunan’s tourism revenue hit 371.29 billion yuan, ranking tenth in China and achieving an annual average growth of 21.1 percent and an increase of 160.4 percent over the end of the 11th five-year plan period. Hunan’s tourism gradually enjoys a more prominent position as a strategic pillar industry. During the 12th five-year plan period, Hunan’s tourism industry focused on the target of building the province into a tourism power and has made efforts to improve quality and efficiency, said Chen Xianchun, director of the Hunan Provincial Bureau of Tourism. Chen added that the scale of tourism industry has been in expansion mode and the tourism economy has maintained sound operation. The province’s tourism contribution to GDP hit record high and tourism taxation made new progress. Its tourist reception capacity and tourism revenue have been increased. Tourists’ satisfaction with tourism service quality has been enhanced. Hunan has expanded its tourism source market to surrounding areas and Yangtze River Delta region. The investment scales in tourism continued to increase due to an increasingly optimized investment structure. The tourist consumption structure has been gradually improved and the proportion of shopping spending was on the rise. A sound tourism product system has taken shape, integrating vacation tourism products, special tour products, and new tourism products. Employment grew fast in tourism industry. In 2015, Hunan received 473 million tourists from home and abroad, an increase of 133 percent over that of 2010. The added value of tourism industry reached 152.848 billion yuan, accounting for 5.26 percent of the total GDP of the province. The overall added value of tourism industry hit 282.13 billion yuan, a contribution rate of 9.71 percent to the province’s total GDP. Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The photo taken on Nov. 1, 2016 shows tourists are visiting Aiwan Pavilion at Yuelu Mountain Scenic Area in Changsha. Themed on “Romantic Maple Brings a Cozy Life”, the 10th Red Maple Festival of Yuelu Mountain kicked off the same day. It will last for over two months and feature eight theme activities, including mountain climbing, red maple leaves forum, and Zen culture experience. Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Recently a light festival was open to the public in the county. The festival consisted of different theme exhibition areas decorated with LED light bulbs, creating a romantic and fantastic light show for tourists. The photo taken on the evening of Oct. 30, 2016 shows citizens are appreciating LED light show in Guiyang County.Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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