On July 6th,“Invest Hunan”media focus their interview activity in Zhangjiajie, in which over ten media take part, such as Hunan Daily, HNTV and HK Commercial Daily, etc. Na Cadbury is the only company that invests in Zhangjiajie and has this interview during this activity.The journalists come up with questions n terms of Na Cadbury’s basic information, investment projects and future outlook on development in ZJJ and Zhuang qinli, the president of Na Cadbury makes responses to these questions. Currently, Na Cadbury has invested on over 30 companies with a fixed asset of some 5 billion RMB. Its investment areas involve printing, minerals, development, building materials and Internet, etc. since its land in ZJJ in 2006, it has invested in hotel, culture, travel agency and tourism products, to name but a few, with a total investment of 1.5 billion RMB, among which “Zhangjiajie·Charming Western Hunan”has ranked on “Chinese Cultural Tourism Key Project List”, as the representative of Hunan’s tourism performing arts industry.“Invest Hunan”media interview activity, organized by provincial party committee propaganda department, is composed of journalists from central and provincial news units and news media in Macao and HK since June 25th, conducting interviews and reports.Translated by Crystal

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On July 5th, the vacation-oriented resorts Old Taoist Bay (laodaowan) has unveiled its mysterious and charming face towards the public. The soft opening ceremony is held on Old Taoist Bay.Located in Guanliping street, Yongding district, Zhangjiajie city, under the foot of the south of Tianmen Mountain, Old Taoist Bay is famous for a legend that once a Taoist priest whose name was Guiguzi cultivated himself and preached here.It is 7 kilometers from the downtown of Zhangjiajie and covers an area of over 9000 acres.According to the official antistatics, Old Taoist Bay has developed three main travel lines.The western line named the fairy valley with seven pools and seven waterfalls is the originally ecological and natural landscape. The midline is the ever prosperous ancient business road of thousand years where the Thirteen-Six Jiao, the Gory Guard, and so on locates here and have seen its ups and downs in history. What is more, it focus on red tourism.The eastern line is called Gui Gu gorge. Till now there are eighteen pools standing for Guigu culture accessible to visitors.A officer states that Old Taoist Bay is developed in accordance with the scientific planning, that is take both development and protection into consideration. Ecologically developing is the main characteristic for there are many kinds of rare plants and animals in it and the whole bay remains in a primitive state.There is no denying that Old Taoist Bay is a great visual feast for every tourist, not because its beautiful natural sceneries but also the special culture contained. No more hesitate just go for a visit.By Aileen

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It is visible to find Korean tourists in brights in Wulingyuan Tianzi Mountain scenic area, Zhangjiajie during July. This year, tourists from South Korea are still the major part of overseas tourist market in Zhangjiajie. According to the incomplete statistics issued by Wulingyuan tourism department that in the first half of this year Wulingyuan scenic area has welcomed nearly 90000 South Korean tourists, accounting for over 60% of the whole capacity of overseas reception.South Korean tourists has been absolutely dominated the overseas tourist markets in Zhangjiajie for years. With the help of the opening of direct flights between Zhangjiajie and South Korea, Zhangjiajie tourism has made great efforts in promoting and advertising, which aims at further expanding South Korean tourist market. Meanwhile, key travel agencies ,mainstream media in South Korea are warmly invited to have investigation in Zhangjiajie. Data shows that more than 200 of those sectors have paid a satisfying visit in Zhangjiajie.By Aileen

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“Great Theater of Charming Western Hunan”attracts tourists not only by its wonderful programs but also by its charming architectural appearance. In the morning of Jul 3, a batch of tourists from Guangdong Province, at the square of “Charming Western Hunan”, listened to the presentation of tour guide with great attention. We can see from this phenomenon that Wulingyuan architectures of local characteristic is gaining popularity of a lot of tourists and is becoming a spark point of tourism industry.Wulingyuan is the first batch of world-wide national heritage land as well as an accumulation area of minority around Wulingyuan Mountain. In this beautiful land, national architectures like stilted building, wall like horse’s head until now have been preserved. Recent years, at the time of building international holiday district for tour and leisure, Wulingyuan district is also put great effort on transferring tourism mode and integrating ethnic culture. Now, Xibu Street, Square of Charming Western Hunan, Mark Gate, Square of Yellow Dragon Cave have sprung up, which greatly improved fame and attraction of Wulingyuan tourism area.Characteristic building, as an important part of national culture, will be greatly developed in future to offer tourists strong visual force and amazing spiritual enjoyment.By Patricia

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According to the incomplete statistics of the tourism department of Wulingyuan scenic spot, Zhangjiajie, the core scenic area of Wulingyuan received around 90 thousand tourists in the first half of the year, accounting for over 60% of the total of overseas tourists.Korean tourists have always been the main overseas customer source of Zhangjiajie. Taking advantage of the direct flight between two sides, Zhangjiajie vigorously promote its ecological tourism brand and ticket-free policy for students this year, in order to expand the South Korean tourist market.Meanwhile, via the convenient air traffic, some major international travel agencies of Zhangjiajie invite key tourism businessmen and mainstream media of South Korea to survey in Zhangjiajie. It is found from the incomplete statistics that Wulingyuan scenic spot received over 200 Korean tourism businessmen and media in the first half of this year.One of the reasons that Korean tourists make Zhangjiajie as their first choice for traveling is the comfortable service provided there. For instance, some hotels in Wulingyuan administrative area specially set up Korean phones and provide Korean speaking waiters, so as to facilitate the communication between Korean tourists and Chinese.Moreover, several authentic Korean restaurants have been opened in the area. The supervision over the quality of foods provided for the Korean tourist group is strengthened to ensure their food safety.Translator: Hao JingruSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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“Zhangjiajie is such a charming place”said United Nations Secretary General Pan Ki-moon in Copenhagen, in which he attended the inauguration of Copenhagen being a new city for UN on July 4th. The present from Denmark–a album of paintings named “ China Zhangjiajie” made Pan Ki-moon fondle admiringly. Spontaneously, he gave a high praise that the beauty and charm of Zhangjiajie make people all over the world addicted.Copenhagen, the world’s sixth largest city of the United Nations, will provide offices for eight UN organizations with 1200 employees. In this completion ceremony,1500 guests are expected to attend including United Nations Secretary General Pan Ki-moon and Danish queen Margaret ii, Danish prime minister Helle Thorning Schmidt, the Danish photographer association, chairman of the Danish royal photographer Mr Peng Zhongmin. When Pan ki-moon met with Mr Peng and received the album of painting “China Zhangjiajie”, he praised Zhangjiajie’s unique folk customs which worthing people’s visiting and yeaning.In 2008, the album of painting “China Zhangjiajie” was published in Denmark and received hot welcome in northern Europe. So far, it has gained three former Danish prime ministers attention and praise in Denmark. This year on June 23, Denmark’s incumbent Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt admired the gorgeous sceneries in Zhangjiajie and said” Zhangjiajie is incomparable in its beauty”. He sincerely looks forward to having a chance to view the sceneries on the scene.By Aileen

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The first “China’s Most Beautiful Geological Park” selected activity, jointly sponsored by the Geological Society of China, Tourism earth science, research branch of geological park and council for the promotion of geological tourism development in Henan Province came to a perfect closure. This voting campaign aims at discovering and recommending the most “unique and magnificent” geological park landscape within our country.In order to create an impartial environment, the organizers have invited experts and professional judges in tourism field to conduct the rigorous selection. Meanwhile the votes of netizens are taken into consideration. Finally, Xiangxi Red Stone National Geological Park crowned the top award with nearly 1.6 million votes.Located in the Northwestern part of Hunan,with karst, springs, canyons, caves, lakes, waterfalls rolled into one,Red Stone National Geographical Parkis one of the top eight scenic spots in Hunan. Folk customs and arts such as original ecological dances “Maogusi” and “hand-waving” are included in the intangible cultural heritage of state level.Also, it possesses high values in geological research, aesthetic appreciation, and tourism.By Aileen

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According to the news from the committee of 2013 Huizhou 4th Tea Competition that was just ended (Huizhou is a city located in the southeast of Guangdong province in China), Hunan Guzhang Maojian Tea received the support of enormous tea-lovers and consumer,winning the gold prize in the group green tea of China on June 27th.Branded as “Girl Ying”,Guzhang Maojian is produced by Hunan Girl Ying Tea Science and Technology Ltd. Located at Guzhang county, Xiangxi, it has been improving continuously the level of scientific research of tea. Based on advantageous position and abundant resources. It has upheld the traditional tea handicraft as well as making use of new skills to develope new product.It is said that, the tea competition lunched at Huzhou in Guangdong province on June 23, which was made up of 3 categories, namely, local green tea only in Huzhou. Green tea in China and Guanyin, a variety of oolong in China. Over 1000 units and a bunch of tea lovers came in person to judge different teas. Among green tea group in the China region,“Girl Ying” Guzhang Maojian show its bright to the full extent by gaining the first prize.By Emma

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