During the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, people's enthusiasm for traveling was still high amid the hot temperatures in Hunan Province. According to the data released by the Hunan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, 105 A-level provincially-monitored scenic spots had received more than 2.65 million tourist trips, an increase of more than 106% from last year. Tourism revenue reached 410 million yuan, up by more than 113% from last year. The bed occupancy rate of 167 monitored accommodation venues was 65.0%, of which the bed occupancy rate of homestays reached nearly 76%. A total of 188 cultural venues received 358,300 tourist arrivals, an increase of more than 75%. Fenghuang Ancient Town, Orange Isle, Lushan Scenic Area, Luowen Flower Sea Scenic Area, and Liuye Lake ranked among the top 5 in tourist arrivals in the province.

Distinctive traditional festival activities

Many scenic spots held cultural tourism activities to create a festive atmosphere. Miluo City held a cultural tourism activity of "Our Festival-Dragon Boat Festival"; Yongzhou’s Lingling Ancient Town held a festive party and attracted many tourists; Huaqiangu Scenic Spot presented tourists with Duanwu culture themed activities.

Short-distance self-drive tour was a favorite of tourists.

More than 70% of visitors in Yuntai Mountain, Meishan Cultural Park, and Chaxiang Flower Sea Scenic Area in Yiyang City were self-drive tourists. The Aizhai-Shidadong-Dehang Canyon Scenic Area, which has just been added to the 5A category before the holiday, has become a popular destination for self-drive tourists in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.

In addition, travel routes featuring water events and avoiding the summer heat have become keywords for Dragon Boat Festival tourism. Water theme parks in the province were packed with tourists. Some whitewater rafting projects started operation, and canyons, streams, and forests attracted much tourists.

Red or revolutionary tourism has entered its peak period as the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China approaches.

Red tourism gets popular as the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China approaches. Shaoshan Scenic Area and Peng Dehuai Memorial Hall received 72,900 and 22,200 tourist trips respectively. Cai Hesen Memorial Hall in Loudi City had more than 3,000 tourist arrivals every day. The number of visitors reached more than 90% of the maximum reception capacity. Many people experienced red culture and cultivated patriotism during the Dragon Boat Festival.

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Xiao Juan

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn