Changsha sees tourism boom in summer
2023-07-12
Scenic areas and museums bursting with popularity
It’s hard to get a ticket to Hunan Museum in summer. On July 10, a reporter logged into the reservation platform and found that all tickets for the next week had been reserved. It’s difficult to obtain a ticket online and it takes a long time to line up offline. A netizen shared the experience of queuing at Hunan Museum, and it took him ten minutes to reach the end of the queue.
There are many other popular tourist attractions full of people. On the weekend of July 8 and 9, Yuelu Mountain receives 102,000 tourists according to statistics. With the opening of the west loop line of the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Railway, the Happy Water Park and Happy Snow Park of Xiangjiang Happy City witnessed peak tourist flow. In the first weekend of July, Happy Water Park and Happy Snow Park received 20,000 and 3,000 people respectively, an increase of 154% and 63% compared to the same period last year.
Changsha is a landscape island city, and visitors can take a cruise ship to enjoy all the scenery. At night, the cruise ship dock at Orange Isle is crowded with tourists. After the cruise ship trip, visitors can take the subway to the Wuyi Square Business District. At this time, the nightlife of Changsha just begins. The Taiping Street and Pozi Street are crowded with people, and the delicious food on the streets is mouthwatering. Bars of West Jiefang Road are bustling with excitement.
To experience the nightlife of Changsha, there are other places that can’t be missed, such as Fisherman’s Wharf, Ancient Town of Tongguan Kiln, Fenghuang Street of Sunshine 100, CSCEC Meilanfang Block, Yanghu Water Street, Sifangping Night Market, and Desiqin Night Market.
Suitable for parent-child tour
On July 9, a group of over 300 teachers and students from Haojiang Middle School of Macao arrived in Changsha by high-speed rail, embarking on a 4-day study tour of Hunan’s Red culture, which is the first study tour group from Macao to Hunan.
There are many parents with their children at the Wuyi Square subway station. Ms. Tang, together with her son, from Guangdong, took photos at the New Youth Metaverse Star Square after getting off the subway. Ms. Tang said, “I have been desiring to visit Changsha and can fulfill my wish with my child on this summer vacation.”
On July 9, the second day of the second Hunan Children’s Artworks Biennale, the Li Zijian Art Museum welcomed more than 28,400 visitors from all over the country. “The design of each three-dimensional exhibition area is particularly dreamy, and children’s works are really great. It’s worth visiting!” said Ms. Song, a tourist.
Besides, many scenic areas also launched characteristic activities, such as the fun parent-child tour, the immersive entertainment show, and the firework show of Huayi Brothers (Changsha) Film Town.
A wide variety of cultural tourism consumption activities launched
In order to release the vitality of cultural tourism consumption and promote the stable development of tourism, Changsha City launched the 2023 summer cultural tourism consumption season, which will last until the end of August.
During the season, four municipal-level activities will be held, namely, the first Changsha KOL livestreaming contest, the network publicity activity on Changsha’s culture and tourism, dear museums (Season 2), and the Shinise archival exhibition. At the same time, more than 100 consumer promotion activities will be carried out themed cool summer, literary summer, bright summer nights and children’s fun summer.
The beer and barbecue carnival activity was launched at the Zilongwan Hot Spring Resort of Huitang Town, Ningxiang City on the evening of July 8. Through a series of cool baths, such as mint baths, ice cream bubble baths, moxa leaf baths, and watermelon baths, the activity aimed to enhance the acceptance of tourists for summer hot springs, and create a model for Xinxiang’s night economy.
To boost cultural and tourism consumption, Changsha will issue 2 million yuan of vouchers on Ctrip APP and Qunar APP from July 1 to August 31. Citizens and tourists can log into the platforms to get coupons, or choose to book products with coupon labels of destination displayed in the specific product information section. They can enjoy a maximum discount of 200 yuan for hotels and 70 yuan for scenic areas.
