According to the results of "Hunan's Most Beautiful Scenic Spots" themed "Splendid Hunan and Natural Beauty" released on the afternoon of April 21, six scenic spots namely Zhangjiajie, Yueyang Tower, Fenghuang (Phoenix) Ancient Town, Aiwan Pavilion (Autumn-admiring Pavilion), Orange Isle and Nanyue Mountain have made a mark as the most beautiful scenic spots in Hunan from amongst the province's 70 nominated spots . Visitors from Hunan and other provinces attended the award ceremony held at the Aiwan Pavilion.This ceremony has attracted great attention since the official launch of the project on April 3, with over 100,000 people participating as on-the-spot, on-line, via calls or SMS voters. With over 150,000 polls, the panel of judges selected the 6 Most Beautiful Scenic Spots, 3 Best New Scenic Spots namely Hongjiang Ancient Commercial Town, Meishan Dragon Palace and Mount Tianmen Fox Fairy, and 3 Best Scenic Spots for Participation including Dongjiang Lake, Zilongwan Hot Spring and Nanshan Pasture.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource:hunan.gov.cn

News 2013-04-22 02:33 View：1152

An official, in charge of the tourist administration for ZJJ Wulingyuan scenic area, reveals that Xibu Street is initiating to bid for a national 4A tourist scenic spot on an all round way and is aimed to build into the biggest comprehensive tourist spot of Huan Province combined with sightseeing, entertainment, shopping and catering. According to the report,ZJJ Xibu Street is about to upgrade the whole block on a large scale from block circumstance, folk custom performances, cultural sights, productm mix,etc.Last year, under the guidance of three level tourist departments,namely province,city and district, and in line with the evaluation standard of national 3A tourist area, ZJJ Xibu Street restructured hard and software facilities of the whole block and finally succeeded in crowning the national 3A tourist area after comprehensive assessment from tourist department of Huan province.It is reported that from this year,ZJJ Xibu Street will spend five years on constructing loving wall and Xiu Qiou stand( an ancient activity to select bridegroom by throwing a ball made of silk strips), displaying the Xilan Square for Tujia blind date and love and remodeling water wheel square of production, life and farming culture by the Xiangxi ancestors and so on.All these activities increase the participation, interaction of tourists and activate the travel atmosphere of the block.We are looking forward to seeing a most original, most natural and most harmonious scenic spot unfolding before us.Translated by Crystal

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The first certification test fight of RNP by the Civil Aviation Administration of China in mid-south China concluded with a success on April 19, indicating that great reformation will take place in the flight mode of inbound and outbound airplanes at Zhangjiajie Hehua airport.RNP is popularly referred to as required navigation performance. The technology enhances the airspace capacity, safety performance and flight efficiency of this airport.Translator: Wang BilianSource:enghunan.gov.cn

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Recently,CNN,the world famous American cable news network, rated the most beautiful 40 scenic spots in china. Zhangjiajie was on the list in the forefront of the natural landscape.It called Zhangjiajie“the reality version of the floating mountain.”James Cameron,the director of the global hit Oscar–winning film, Avatar,frankly spoke that the fantasy scene,that is,the floating mountain which was originated from Zhangjiajie gave him inspiration and provided him with a prototype.The issuers once also said,“Zhangjiajie made an unneglectable contribution to achieving the world’s highest box office record of the film”.Avatar introduced Zhangjiajie in a new angle. Besides, it offered a great many mountains in the area a new nickname, that is,“Pandora’s floating mountain”.Since the release of the film, European guests have increased year by year. It is said that Zhangjiajie is possibly becoming an option for another important scene in Avatar 2, which is very suspending.Translated by Crystal

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The 2013 China Domestic Tourism Trade Fair commenced on the morning of April 19 and will last till April 21. More than 1,500 exhibitors from tourism-related sectors like tourism organization, travel agency, scenic spot, hotel, media and press from 31 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan participated in the event.Themed as "Splendid and Happy Hunan", the Hunan pavilion displayed classic scenic spots and tourism products of 14 municipalities and autonomous prefecture in Hunan. Numerous buyers and tourists were fascinated by the extraordinary mountains and stones in Zhangjiajie, charm landscape with mountain adjoining river in Changsha, wide expanse of mist-covered waters of Dongting Lake and primitive simplicity of Hongjiang Ancient Commercial Town. Traveling guide, tourist map, promotional CD and souvenir are available at the booth.Bu Yuehui, deputy inspector of Hunan Provincial Tourism Bureau, introduced that the convenient transportation system formed by Wuhan-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, Shanghai-Kunming High-speed Railway and 14 expressways built last year in Hunan will greatly enhance public attention about tourism market and attract more visitors to the province.The 2013 China Domestic Tourism Trade Fair commenced. Ms. Bu Yuehui (R) is in the interview with journalists from Beijing Morning Post and Radio Beijing. Visitors ask for tourism catalogues in Hunan pavilion. Visitors inquire for tourism products in Hunan pavilion.Translator: Wang BilianSource:enghunan.gov.cn 

News 2013-04-20 17:38 View：1391

On June 16th to 21th, People’s government of Hunan province will host the 2013 Huan(Hong Kong) Investment And Trade Negotiation Activity in Hong Kong, when Zhangjiajie is about to join it. On April 17th, Zhangjiajie convenes dispatch meeting for he 2013 Huan(Hong Kong) Investment And Trade Negotiation Activity and makes arrangements for related work.The 2013 Huan(Hong Kong) Investment And Trade Negotiation Activity is an important economic and trade activity for Hunan province this year. It focuses on modern service industry, distinctive construction for urban,strategic emerging industry and modern farming, etc.Besides, by holding activities like high-level contacts, special recommendation, project docking and panel discussion, it will further expand the openness of Hunan to the outside world. Zhangjiajie,along with a group, will participate in this activity for the purpose to further consolidate economic and trade cooperation with the pearl river delta region and boost the construction for a out-ward economy and the world tourism products of Zhangjiajie.On this dispatch meeting, the related issues of Zhangjiajie’s participation in the 8th China Central Investment And Trade Fair by Henan province also has been discussed.Translated by Crystal

News 2013-04-19 18:13 View：1181

Recently,forty notable poets from different parts of China have gathered in Wulingyuan scenic spot to take part in the 2013 Chinese Poetry Poets Gathering Youth Activities.On the opening ceremony, Wulingyuan is conferred as “Hometown of Hunan Poetry” by Chinese Poetry Academy and Poetry Association of Hunan Province and given a poem calligraphy and painting works worth of 300,000 RMB.This poetry gathering activities is aimed to propagandize and market Wulingyuan scenic area through poetry literature and art, and dedicate to build up a sound tourism and culture connotation for ZJJ.These participants visit many world natural heritage sites in ZJJ , such as Baofeng Lake,Yellow Dragon Cave, Golden Whip Brook and Tianzi Mount and so on,experiencing the charm and mystery of Wulingyua scenery.Translated by Crystal

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On April 15, Chen Danfeng, the member of the standing committee, said that the ticket fee in scenic spots of ZJJ would not increase during this year. In addition, the government has made a draft on free entrance policy for primary and middle school students under the age of 19 at home and abroad.Mr Chen introduced that all those who hold their ID card, students ID card,or passport will be accessible to the scenic area for free upon the approval of the draft. He also pointed out that he core to develop tourism in ZJJ can be described as a shift from sightseeing tour to multi-facet travel. In other words, multi-facet travel put emphasis on multicultural and integrated tourist products rather than merely dependence on the income from the ticket fee.“ZJJ owns not only fantastic landform scenery, but also clean water and green food. We are cooperating with foreign companies in Wuling mountainous area to develop clean water and high mountain vegetable.”he added.Translated by Crystal

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