Since the beginning of July, as the school summer vacation, the scenic area started to enter the summer tourist season, “parent-child traveling” from all over the country has become the main force of summer tour.In huanglong cave scenicarea, “family parenting groups”, students groups, and couples tour are around every where. In July and August, the huanglong scenic area has the average temperature of 16 ℃, which is very suitable for summer travel. Ecological plaza outside the cave is full of fruits and trees, attracting visitors constantly to push down the camera shutter.It is reported that July and August are the flow peak in zhangjiajie tourist attractions. According to the last year, the traveling volume of huanglong cave scenic spot is more than 300000 people, including more than thirty percent students. This year, the tendency is expected to continue until late August.Translated by Sophia

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According to Wulingyuan Brigade committee on June 4th, Zhangjiajie initiated five policies to accelerate the development of characteristically leisure tourism in Xibu Street, lead and support Xibu Street to become more powerful as well as promoting its quality and transformation of tourism.The five policies are to be implemented on June 1st. It can be concluded as follows:Firstly, it aims to take Xibu Street as a way to enrich the connotation of Wulingyuan scenic area, speeding up its transformation of tourism by developing important tourism product and exposing it to the public more.Secondly, Xibu Street is to join in the management system of tourist destinations, encouraging and supporting travel agencies to add it to their itineraries. The government would reward those whose visitors are 30% higher than that in the Wulingyuan core scenic area.Thirdly, it strives to accelerate the development of product, making mass consumption possible. The mass consumption product is what everyone is accessible to eat, live, watch, play and buy, which is able to meet the needs of consumers of each class, in particular for the common people.Fourthly, Xibu Street company should carry out the activity“Safety and Satisfaction in Zhangjiajie”, which ensures a true commodity and fair service.Fifthly, the night market in Xibu Street should be opened as soon as possible, introducing barbecues and snacks to the public. Hence, it will attracts a flood of people and expand the consumption space.By Emma

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On June 30th, The First“The Most Beautiful Geopark in China” closed the curtain. Cohosted by China’s Geological Society and the research branch of tourism earth-science and geopark as well as Geological tourism development and promotion association in Henan province,this activity aims to find and recommend the most unusual and splendid sights of geopark in China.The competition was judged by authoritative experts and experienced professionals as well as the internet poll. In the end, Xiangxi Red Stone Forest Park renowned as 2013 “the Most Beautiful Geopark in China”with a vote of near 1.6 million.Located at Guzhang, Xiangxi, Red Stone Forest is the world only stone forest formed by carbonatite in the Cambrian period. According to the Geologist, Red Stone Forest has a history of 450 million years. The landscape of Red Stone Forest is karst landscape which is commonly distributed in China’s Yunan and Guzhou province. However, most of the Stone Forests in China are grey instead of red. Another wonder is that the color of Red Stone Forest varies with weather. It is purperish red in fine day, brown red in rainy day. Besides, it retains original natural insights in Xiangxi. In the stone forest, you can see deep gorge, ravine stream, crystal-clear spring, lawn soft as a piece of tapestry and vintage wisteria. Apart from its scenery, the rich mysterious Xiangxi culture added more color and charm to people, such as Tujia and Miao minorities’ customs and history.Considering its nature insights as well as special culture, it is no doubt that Red Forest Park was rewarded the first prize in the competition. To have a better knowledge of it, travelers may as well come here in person and feel it.By Emma

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A new scheduled non-stop flight from Changsha Huanghua International Airport to Taizhong, Taiwan, launched by Mandarin Airlines on July 4th. It is arranged with 104 seats. The flight number is AE295 or AE296 and its type is ERJ-190. Every Wednesday it takes a flight from Changsha at 19:40 to Taizhong at 21:55 or from Taizhong at 16:30 to Changsha at 18:40.For the moment, there are three flight destinations from Changsha to Taiwan, that is, Taibei, Taizhong and Gaoxiong. The new added flight to Taizhong will provide a convenient channel for travelers going on a round trip.Tour group in Taizhong arriving at ChangshaBy Emma

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According to statistics, over 730 intangible cultural heritage projects in zhangjiajie, three items rank in the list of countries, 12 items rank in the provincial list, and 60 items rank in the city list.Leaders said they would stick to the mission, continue to work hard, to protect and inherit the job of folk intangible cultural heritage. Districts and counties should be based on local actual characteristic, to do a good job of inheritance and protection of intangible cultural heritage. They must strengthen the work of mining, sorting and filing non-material cultural heritage, with one thousand ways, to do a good job of non-material cultural heritage of the inheritance. Related departments should enhance protection, promote healthy development of the inheritance and protection work.Translated by Sophia

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The Water-Sprinkling Festival Held in Changsha Park for Revealing Summer-heat for the CitizensAs the upcoming of mid-summer, many provinces in China are undergone the intolerable heat wave and witness novel ways to release the high temperature.On July 3,Thailand’s Water-Sprinkling Festival is held in Changsha Window of the World, to which many citizens are attracted for summer-release. Thus, Changsha Window of the World becomes the happy paradise for all people’s water carnival.So if you want to experience such wonderful and exotic event, especially fresh and cool your body and soul, come to here and have a try!Translated by Crystal

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Zhangjajie Tianzi mountain cableway station is on the reconstruction progress. Now, it has completed major projects construction and begun the external decoration. The tourist service center strives to be completed and put into use before the National Day.The tourist service center with new quality transformation mainly includes the tourist service area, ticket office and related water supply facilities, etc. At the same time, it also has built heating floor toilets to satisfy the tourists.Tianzi mountain cableway is an important “air corridor” in core wulingyuan scenic spot, is the convenient channel of visiting fairy scattering flowers, YuBi peak, and the west sea scenery. From the Jan to June of this year, tianzi mountain cableway has carried over 800000 visitors.Translated by Sophia

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According to the first "Most Beautiful Geopark of China" on July 4, 2013, the Red Carbonate-rock Forest National Geopark, located in Guzhang County of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, was crowned the title.Co-organized by the Geological Society of China, Commission on Tourism Earth Science and Geopark, and Henan Provincial Geological Tourism Development Promotion Committee, the selection is aimed at looking for the most "Peculiar and Splendid" geopark in China. Authoritative experts and seniors were invited for the evaluation. The final result is jointly determined by the network voting and comments from the jury. The geopark is the first red carbonate-rock forest scenic area dating back to the Cambrian Period (543 to 505 million years ago). The scenic area, immersed in the primitive simplicity of the ancient town, mysterious traditional ethnic customs and uncontaminated forest with original ecology, is a feast of ethic minority culture.Translator: Wang BilianSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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