According to the Changsha Border Defense Inspection Station on October 7, it handled more than 24 thousand entry-exit tourists (a 40.5 percent increase over last year) and 149 flights during the National Day holiday. Owing to the implementation of the new Tourism Law of the People's Republic of China since October 1, which may lead to higher tourist cost in the short term, Hunan citizens chose to travel abroad one after another during the National Day holiday, resulting in a new climax of outbound tourism, introduced an officer from the station. 5,000-odd Hunan citizens traveled abroad, 2,235 of whom went to Thailand, a remarkable growth of 213 percent compared with the same period last year. Translator: Tang LiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2013-10-08 00:03 View：718

On Oct 6th, the sixth day of “Golden Week”, tourists flow in the majority of attractions in Zhangjiajie has fallen back. While source from ZJJ Yellow Stone Village has learned DIY tour has surpassed team tour for the first time with 2,000 tourists have been received by the attraction on the very day, which takes up 60% of the total receipt tourists.Due to the implementation of Tourism Law and free toll on self-driving cars, self-driving tourism has fired a storm since the beginning of the holiday. Only ZJJ Yellow Stone Village receives over 1,000 cars per day, a substantial increase compared to last year.“Judged from the car plate numbers in the parking lot, most self-driving tourists come from surrounding regions, such as Changsha, Changde, Sichuan, Wuhan and Guangdong, and a few from Inner Mogolia and Shanxi” field staff comments,“Tourism coaches have been reduced substantially to the pervious years”.As “Golden Week” holiday wanes to a close, The parking lots in ZJJ national park are still teemed with self-driving cars at the afternoon of Oct 6th, while there are large spaces in cart areas. The insider analyzes in the last two days of the holiday, the surrounding short touring routes increase and long-journey tours start to back.By Crystal

News 2013-10-07 01:21 View：677

“If you want to honor your parents, Just take them to Zhangjiajie for traveling!” said by South Korean travel agency manager in front of the iconic gate of Wulingyuan. Every day, there are many South Korean friends who accompanying with their parents here.The reason why our South Korean friends are so crazy about Zhangjiajie is because of the perfectness reception services in Zhangjiajie, which is more mature and experienced than other scenic zones in China. Let alone the implementation of the new tourism law during this National Day holiday.Travelers in Zhangjiajie during this golden week almost hold a positive attitude towards the quality.In order to attract floods of South Korean travelers, tourism managers of Zhangjiajie have made greats efforts on improving the services, infrastructure facilities as well as enriching the cultural programs and software services of scenic spots. For example, we can see lots of signs and hotels in scenic spots are written in Korean, Korean Kimchi,especially the Yellow Dragon Cave also has launched a free Korean dance, which makes our South Korean fiends have an intimate sense of home.By Aileen

News 2013-10-07 01:08 View：941

Source was learned from Yellow Dragon Cave scenic area that self-driving tour exceeded team tour for the first time in the sixth day of the golden week with a total of more than 20 thousand self-driving guests.Influenced by the implementation of “New Tourist Law” and the free toll policy for self-driving cars, etc, this golden week has witnessed a heat of self-driving tendency, only Yellow Dragon Cave in Wulingyuan receiving over 1000 cars every day with a substantial increase than the same period last year.“Judging from the license plates in the parking lot, a large part of the self-driving cars are from the surrounding area like Changsha, Changde, Sichuan, Wuhan, Guangdong, a minimum of them from Inner Mongolia and Shanxi” a staff introduced. He also added that” Tourist bus decreased greatly in this golden week than previous years”.As the national week draws to close, in the afternoon October 6th, the parking lot in Yellow Dragon Cave is packed with self-driving cars from surrounding area, but the large vehicle area left much space. Insiders analyzed that short-trip route will beat over long-trip route in the last two days of the holiday. Up to 16:15 that very day, Yellow Dragon Cave has received more than 20 thousand guests, outnumbering the team tour for the first time in Golden Week.By Zumi

News 2013-10-07 01:05 View：767

According to statistics, 42 Hunan scenic spots which have been brought into monitor welcomed about 1.0155 million visitors totally during 1-5th of the National Day Golden Week, having a year-on-year increase of 5.40%. And the entrance tickets income reached 15.7328 million yuan, having a year-on-year increase of 4.94%.Within Hunan province, The top 10 scenic spots that received the most visitors are: Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan scenic spot, Changsha Yuelu Mountain, Nanyue Mountain, Yueyang Junshan Island, Langshan, Shaoshan, Changsha Window of the world, Liu Shaoqi Memorial hall, South Moutain and Fenghuang ancient city. Wulingyuan received about 0.1044 million tourists. Thanks to useful measures, scenic spots had a good visiting environment.All scenic spots had careful organization so that to avoid disorder. In Wulingyuan, volunteers made it to the end in different service sites until all visitors go downhill safely.Translated by Becky

News 2013-10-07 01:02 View：721

People visit the Fenghuang ancient town scenic area in Fenghuang, central China's Hunan Province, Oct. 4, 2013. Numerous tourists pack into Fenghuang during the week-long National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao) People wait to board tour boats to visit the Fenghuang ancient town scenic area in Fenghuang, central China's Hunan Province, Oct. 4, 2013. Numerous tourists pack into Fenghuang during the week-long National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao) People queue to board tour boats to visit the Fenghuang ancient town scenic area in Fenghuang, central China's Hunan Province, Oct. 4, 2013. Numerous tourists pack into Fenghuang during the week-long National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

News 2013-10-07 00:04 View：1698

In the recently released “The Fourth Brand Life List—2013 Annual City List”, Changsha has been awarded as the “top ten ecological civilization construction model city”, along with the Haikou, Guangzhou and Kunming. There were altogether 60 cities, towns and parks present in the list.The “top ten ecological civilization construction model city” election was hosted by the biweekly magazine, Banyuetan of the Xinhua News Agency. For three months, the readers and netizens, through online voting, questionnaires and other means, selected 10 cities from all over the country. The cities such as Zhuhai, Mianyang were also awarded with the “top ten investment competitive cities (districts)”and several counties e.g. Shuangliu County of Sichuan Province and Suining County of Jiangsu Province were awarded as the “top ten investment competitive counties (cities)”.The “Brand Life List” is a large-scale election launched in 2010. This is a one of its kind election where thousands of magazine Banyuetan readers participate in a direct election. Focusing on the ordinary person’s experience and perspective, the election intends to reflect their expectation for a beautiful city life.Translator: Shen ZuolinSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2013-10-07 00:00 View：845

During “Golden Week” holiday, Thanks to the implementation of Tourism Law and the push of free toll of the expressway, The self-help tourists in ZJJ tourism market increase rapidly. More tourists who come to Yellow Stone Village choose Macrocyclic Village touring route. From Oct 1st to Oct 5th, tourists were paced with the 2.8 km macrocyclic route. Due to ample space for sightseeing and sound management service, there are good order within the site. Honored “Magnified bonsai, shrunken fairyland”, The Yellow Stone Village enchants tourists by its splendid scenery.By Crystal

News 2013-10-06 01:17 View：834