A media briefing of the 2023 National Tourism Day Hunan Events and Langshan Mountain Cultural Tourism Promotion Season was held in Shaoyang City on May 14. It announced that Hunan events will be launched at Langshan Mountain Scenic Area in Xinning County, Shaoyang City on May 19, or the National Tourism Day. More than 200 cultural tourism activities will be held between May 18 and 20 across the province to celebrate the day, a series of preferential policies will be introduced, and a feast of cultural tourism will be brought to tourists.

The main venue for the celebration will be set up in Xinning County. Main venue activities include five major events and four supporting event.

The five major events are:
--a launching ceremony；
--a cultural tourism image exhibition of Hunan's cities and prefecture;
--a cultural tourism products exhibition;
--a public welfare activity; and,
--exploring quality travel routes.

The four supporting events are:
--a food tasting;
--night tours to Shunhuangli, a cultural tourism industrial park;
--a blind date in Langshan Mountain; and,
--2nd Shaoyang Cultural Tourism Consumption Season.

The activities are hosted by the Hunan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, the Hunan Provincial Civilization Office, and the People's Government of Shaoyang City.

Wonderful activities will be held in other places of Hunan. Changsha, one of the five sub-venues of National Tourism Day Events, will host a special event themed "Better China, Smart Tourism in Changsha". Zhangjiajie, the host city of the first Tourism Development Conference of Hunan Province, will hold a music concert to bring tourists with a unique travel experience. Chenzhou, the host city of the second Tourism Development Conference of Hunan Province, will hold a social gathering for young people at Yangtian Lake Grassland Scenic Area and a tea-tourism B&Bs cultural tourism festival in Rucheng County.

Nearly 300 preferential policies will be introduced. Langshan Mountain Scenic Area's Bajiao Village, Tianyi Lane, Chili Peak, and Zixia Cave will offer free admission to tourists on May 19. Between May 18 and 24, couples who registered their marriage on May 20 in any year can purchase a 52-yuan ticket to visit the scenic spots. Between May 19 and August 31, students who sit for the 2023 national college entrance exam or sit for the senior high school entrance exam can enjoy free admission to the four scenic spots. From August 1 to 31, veterans can visit the scenic spots free of charge.

The authorities will take steps to boost tourism. Changsha will issue vouchers worth 4.5 million yuan to spur cultural and tourism consumption through a mini program named "Smart Tourism in Changsha [慧游长沙]" and Ctrip's platform. Emperor Yan's Mausoleum Scenic Area and Shennong Valley Scenic Area in Zhuhou City will offer free admission or half-price tickets. All scenic spots in Changning City and Hengnan County of Hengyang City will offer free admission on May 19. A total of 5,000 night-tour tickets, with each priced at 9.9 yuan, will be issued at Chengtoushan Scenic Area, Changde City. 

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

Translator: Xiao Juan

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn