Tourists pose for photos on the 100-meter-long and 1.6-meter-wide glass bridge built on the cliff of the Tianmen mountains in Zhangjiajie scenic area, Hunan province, on August 1, 2016, as the third glass bridge in the scenic spot opens to the public on Monday. Walking on the high-altitude glass bridge, people can enjoy the dizzying view of the "heaven-linking Avenue", the twisting mountain road from the foot of the mountains to the Tianmen Cave.(Photo/IC) Tourists walk on the newly opened glass bridge, which offers visitos the amazing view of the "heaven-linking Avenue", the twisting mountain road from the foot of the Tianmen mountains to the Tianmen Cave, in Zhangjiajie scenic area in Hunan province on August 1, 2016. (Photo/IC) Tourists walk on the newly opened glass bridge, which offers visitos the amazing view of the "heaven-linking Avenue", the twisting mountain road from the foot of the Tianmen mountains to the Tianmen Cave, in Zhangjiajie scenic area in Hunan province on August 1, 2016. (Photo/IC)  Source:ecns

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2500 members from Team A of the “Super Elite Group” stand in queues to form a pattern of “A 60” in front of the Charming Xiangxi Grand Theatre in Wulingyuan District, Zhangjiajie on July 19, 2016. A “Super Elite Tourist Group” consisting of 5200 members took 98 tour coaches when visiting Zhangjiajie on July 19 after finishing the meeting held in Changsha. It was the largest group of domestic tourists that Zhangjiajie has ever received. After being divided into Team A and Team B, the members started touring around Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Tianzi Mountain, Yuanjiajie, and Mengdonghe River. Translator: Yu JiangjiangSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Sorching summer, maybe you want to find a place to sit in the cool stone, while listening to the gurgling stream, or enjoying the paddle slapstick. Yes, you just have so a place – Zhangjiajie Golden Whip Stream.Every summer, with the total length of 6.5 kilometers, it has been praised as “The world’s most beautiful valley”. Visitors are in an endless stream. In Huangshi area, some families come to the stream to play swimming. Some feel the flowers in the wind, while enjoying the exotic hoodoo canyon landscape.According to incomplete statistics, the summer tourists from home and abroad more than 5,000 people come to the Golden Whip Stream.Translated by SophiaSource:Zhangjiajie Tourism Information Website

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Mid-summer season, in Zhangjiajie Huanglong cave scenic area employees wear thick cotton-padded clothes to work, making tourists from home and abroad feel like in a strange world. In fact, Huanglong cave scenic area employees wear such cotton-padded clothes all year around.Why？Because the scenic area temperatures at 15℃ all the year round, a typical warm in winter and cool in summer. Employees are long in this work, so they have to wear warm clothes to anti-rheumatic. Underground Huanglong hole, peach blossoms are in the world. Huanglong hole is Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan famous attraction, with the honor of “China’s best tourist cave”, which is China’s only listed in the world since the natural heritage, world geopark category of karst cave landscape.Translated by SophiaSource:Zhangjiajie Tourism Information Website

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As a part of 2016 Hunan (Nanshan) Double Sixth Folk Song Festival, an activity themed on “Sing Folk Song on Orange Isle” was staged on the evening of July 31, 2016. Many grassroots singers made their debuts and attracted much attention.    8 prize winners were selected out from 32 groups of folk song amateurs in communities of Changsha sang folk songs on stage. At the same time, a famous singer group from Chengbu Miao Autonomous County performed folk songs too, bringing the party to climax. A distinctive Miao costume show later presented a strong visual experience to the audience.     The activity was co-hosted by the People’s Government of Shaoyang City and the Hunan Musicians Association. It aimed to promote Shaoyang’s economic and social development in an all-round way when nurturing its reputation as an eco-city of folk song.   Participants sing passionately at a gala about an activity themed on “Sing Folk Song on Orange Isle”. A grassroots singer sings a folk song. Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The photo taken on August 1, 2016 shows Hunan’s largest luxury cruise ship featuring double-bottom hulls starts its maiden voyage from Orange Isle after blowing its whistle. The 42.18-meter-long and 12-meter-wide cruise ship boasts unique shape in white and blue. The ship presents a harmonious scene on the clear Xaingjiang River, making the city of mountain, river and island more charm.   Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Xiangsha Eco-park Project, with an investment of 50 million yuan, is known as the largest church-themed park in south central China. The 150,000-sqm project is located at the junction of Changsha County’s Xixia Road and Kaiyuan West Road. So far, the main structure construction of its major buildings such as church and Bible school has been completed. Upon completion, the project will be a new attraction for sightseeing, religious exchange and wedding ceremony.The photo taken on August 1, 2016 shows construction workers are paving the square at the construction site of the second phase of the project. Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2016-08-01 07:28 View：952

The Israel Government Tourist Office held a road show in Changsha on July 27, 2016. Nearly 40 travel Israel agencies, hotels, airlines, and local product suppliers came to expand Hunan market.    Israel has make concerted efforts to attract Chinese tourists in recent years, such as tour guide service in Chinese, Chinese version websites, and Chinese TV programmes and Chinese food in hotels.   This year, Israel Government Tourist Office plans to provide more preferential visa policies for Chinese tourists, together with more direct flights from Shanghai to Tel Aviv. Israel is expected to be an ideal tourist destination for Chinese people, instead of a country in TV news.   Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge, which just opened to the public this July, was designed by Israel architecture Haim Dotan. It has drawn much attention by Israel media and people, and is expected to become a bridge of friendship between Hunan and Israel. Translator: Pang YuehuiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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