On April 1st,2013,Taiwan visitors can directly flight to zhangjiajie. As the first scenic area which can accept Taiwan direct flights, zhangjiajie will attract more Taiwan tourists this year. The direct flight will accept more than 13000 Taiwanese tourists.As the cross-strait tourism exchange is becoming more and more widely, more and more Taiwan tourists fall in love with zhangjiajie. According to incomplete statistics, in 2012, the core wulingyuan scenic area has a reception of more than 150000 Taiwan tourists to sightseeing, and inspection.Zhangjiajie, this year, will also carry out a series of image promotion, and multi-angle publicity. It aims to show zhangjiajie landscape and humanities landscape, let more Taiwan compatriots to know zhangjiajie.Translated by Sophia

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On March 3rd to 4th, the Great Wall general painting and calligraphy hunan branch organized eight painter-calligraphers to visit zhangjiajie, and in WuLingYuan Xibu street Guanshanyue mansion to do painting.As we have learned, the painters in zhangjiajie is full of passion, showing deep love for zhangjiajie natural landscapes and folk culture charm. They will use the hands of the brush to express praise of heritage wulingyuan beauty to the world.Translated by Sophia

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With the organization of the SCC China supercar club, hunan KuPaoHui the second zhangjiajie city car competition will be held in zhangjiajie wulingyuan and Tianmen mountain on March 16th to 18th.The event will contain all parts of the country, porsche, ferrari, lamborghini maserati, bentley and twenty sets of the world’s top luxury sports cars. It will last three days. This is the first chance that zhangjiajie held the world car events.The largest attraction of this event is holding in the world-famous Tianmen mountain. With ninety-nine bay, it is a holy speed. At the same time, on the dozens of hairpin curve road, the world’s top luxury sports car will joint on dynamic passion. It will let the zhangjiajie citizens witness the incomparable luxury grand ceremony.Translated by Sophia

News 2013-03-06 22:56 View：1037

CHANGSHA, March 1 (Xinhua) -- American fast-food giant McDonald's is expected to open an outlet on the top of the Tianmen Mountain of Zhangjiajie scenic spot in central China's Hunan Province before May 1.McDonald's has signed a 20-year rental contract with the owner of the Tianzi fast-food restaurant located atop the 1,518-meter-high peak, an official with the scenic spot's infrastructure construction headquarters said on Friday.McDonald's will invest 20 million yuan (3.2 million U.S. dollars) in renovating the outlet, a staff member of the retailer's public relations department added, while confirming the targeted timeline for opening.Zhangjiajie, classified by UNESCO as a World Geopark and also a World Heritage Site, was formally warned by the organization in January for inadequately disseminating knowledge of earth sciences to the public.It has also been criticized for over-commercializing in the past decade. A total of 124 hotels and 1,791 residents on the mountain have been relocated in the government's renovation campaign.Zhangjiajie received 35.9 million visitors from home and abroad and had a tourism revenue of 20.87 billion yuan last year.Source:Xinhua

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Recently, special tourism goods have been gaining popularity especially from foreign tourists as their prime choice for souvenir. It’s easy to see many tourists form Korea buying these goods. ZJJ specialties like 3D pictures recording ZJJ natural scenery, colorful sand painting showing ZJJ folk customs and manual accessories with mark of characters of Zhangjiajie are in vogue.Besides, there are some other special products which can only be bought in ZJJ. For instance, a series of “Xian Ni Kou”brand products like Oligosaccharides peptide fruit juice, skin care products made from Hunan salamander, which are researched and developed by Science and Technology Museum of ZJJ Giant Salamander, are also wonderful choices for tourists. In addition, tortoise-grain stone, living tree bonsai, dragon fossil etc. are also getting more and more popular.ZJJ Wulingyuan Scenic Area is not only attracting tourists by natural scenery, but also taking advantage of culture resources. Special tourism goods are becoming the second sight view.By Patricia

News 2013-03-05 22:55 View：949

On March 5th ("Learn from Lei Feng" Day), the "Lei Feng line" bus was open to citizens to ride for free, continuing the tradition the No.15 bus of Changsha Hongguang Bus Co., Ltd. has carried out since 2011. Passengers also enjoyed complimentary tea and medicines.On March 5, low-income households in the Zhuangyuanpo Community were able to receive free rice at the Lei Feng Store in Changsha's Tianxin District. The same day, an activity themed "Promote the Lei Feng Voluntary Spirit, Build a Civilized and Harmonious Community" was held in the Community. The CPPCC Second Group of Culture, Education, Health and Sports Committee has made a five year commitment to help the Zhuangyuanpo Community "Lei Feng Store".On March 5, the Hunan Daily Press Group Youth League Committee launched an activity called "Learn from Lei Feng, Warm People's Heart", which organized League Members to visit the residents of the Elderly Care Center at the No. 3 Changsha Social Welfare Institution. The picture above shows the League Members celebrating the golden 50thanniversary of 80-year-old Zheng Mingfu and 73-year-old Zhou Shouying.Translator: He YaoSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Many people think that Zhangjiajie winter tourism is very cold,so they give up the idea of Zhangjiajie Winter Tourism; Actually Zhangjiajie winter snow is called a must,and it is a combination of the Zhangjiajie scenery essence …The first reason:Zhangjiajie winter tourism is the off-season,Zhangjiajie’s Four Seasons is clear and obvious, with the expansion of the Zhangjiajie tourism market, more and more people choose Zhangjiajie Tourism,Zhangjiajie’s peak season is in the spring, summer, autumn;Only winter tourism is Zhangjiajie’s off-season[December 01th- February 28th(Next year)] also Zhangjiajie will be not over crowded during winter tourism.so zhangjiajie winter is quiet, casual, comfortable, and clean tourism.The second reason:Zhangjiajie winter tourism is a wonderland, Zhangjiajie Four Seasons scenery is different characteristics,In particular,Zhangjiajie snow is a world of desperate,and a fairy world;You can make a choice for Yuanjiajie-Avatar Mount,Tianzishan, Shilihualang,Tianmen Mountain,Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon,and so on.The third reason:Zhangjiajie winter tourism is delicious food, you can enjoy a variety of delicacies in Zhangjiajie winter, such as Bacon, Layu,Sausage,Tujia rice cakes.You can also enjoy Zhangjiajie delicacies game, such as pheasant, hare, wild boar, turtledoves, muntjac and so on!The fourth reason:Zhangjiajie winter tourism is hot spring heaven,Zhangjiajie hot spring resources is very rich,Zhangjiajie Cili County is The Spa Town of China,such as Jiangya Spa Resort and wanfu hot spring and so on,and convenient transportation, especially Jiangya Spa Resort,just 30 minutes drive from Wulingyuan Scenic Area; At the same time,enjoy Zhangjiajie natural scenery and cultural implication, also feel Natural hot springs is a great blessing for the visitors!Zhangjiajie winter tourism Recommended: Family tour, Friends tour, Backpack tour,Business tour,etc.

News 2013-03-04 00:30 View：7863

It is reported that the biggest hotel group–Wyndham Hotel group(USA) will found a hotel in ZJJ. With about 7,000 hotels in the world, Wyndham Hotel group embodys ten brands:Days Inn, Ramada, Howard Johnson, Super 8, Wyndham, Wingate Inn, Travelodge, Baymont Inn, Knights Inn and AmeriHost Inn. Besides, as an enterprise of Fortune Global 500, its number of rooms tops the list in a consecutive years of six.This time, Wyndham Hotel formally signs a contract with ZJJ Xiangyin Group and enters into the Tianmen Number-One project of Xiangyin Group, meaning the only five-star foreign-related hotel in ZJJ will be launched soon. According to the contract, with a area of 100,000 square meters ,the hotel to be constructed worths one billion RMB, including over 500 luxurious holiday rooms, modern conference centers and resting rooms and other facilities.We believe, with the settlement of Wyndham Hotel in ZJJ, tourists both from homes and abroad will enjoy supreme and noble services and comfort in the hotel after an exciting and unforgettable sightseeing.By Crystal

News 2013-03-04 00:30 View：1055