A promotion conference on cultural tourism was co-organized by the Hunan Provincial Bureau of Tourism and the Office of Hunan Provincial People’s Government in Shenzhen during the 12th China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair on May 13, 2016. Superior tourism projects were introduced to Hunan entrepreneurs, aiming at attracting them to return to and build their hometown. Member of the Standing Committee and Director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee Zhang Wenxiong, Deputy Director of Hunan Provincial Bureau of Tourism GaoYangxian, and over 600 Hunan entrepreneur representatives and tourism investors attended the conference.Zhang said that Hunan tourism industry has achieved total revenue of 371.2 billion yuan, of which 17.1 billion yuan was attributed to cultural industry, making “culture plus tourism” a new growth pole for the tourism industry. He expected that Hunan entrepreneurs in Shenzhen could take such advantages to enhance communication and cooperation, and to invest and seek fortunes in Hunan. Gao then specially introduced 15 representative cultural tourism projects featuring different regional characteristics of Hunan Province, including the cultural tourism industrial belt along the Liuyang River and the ancient town clusters along the Xiangjiang River.100 related projects worth of 224.9 billion yuan were promoted at the conference. In which, 13 major projects were inked at a total contracted value of 21.758 billion yuan.Translator: Yu JiangjiangSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2016-05-17 20:38 View：1151

2016 China Hunan Zhangjiajie International Forest Protection Festival held in Wulingyuan core scenic,This is the 18th International Forest Protection Festival since 1991,Determined date is October 18th,2016.It is being jointly organized by Hunan Forestry Department and Zhangjiajie City People's Government.At the same time held on: Zhangjiajie bike through the forest competitions, 2016 Annual Meeting of National Forest Farm, Hunan Forest tourism working conference, Wuling Bonsai Expo,and so on.Translated by shuire

News 2016-05-15 10:43 View：1730

Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge is selected into CNN,It became the world's 11 most spectacular bridge,Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Skywalk's designer is Haim Dottan,From Israel,The master of architectural design.It will open in the second half of 2016,Exact opening time, please look forward to it.Translated by shuire

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Changsha to Zhangjiajie intercity trains will be opened on May 15th,2016.The train is the use of the latest G25T railway vehicle type, with seating capacity of 1280 people, from the speed of 120 km/h to 160 km/h, the train unilateral operation time is only 4 hours.It is reported that coming train(T8326/7) from Changsha Railway Station 7:15am departure, midway through Yiyang, Changde, Cili three stations, at 11:24am arrival Zhangjiajie Railway Station.Back train((T8328/5)) 13:59 pm by the Zhangjiajie Railway Station departure, 18:22pm arrival Changsha Railway Station.Translated by shuire

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Photo taken on May 11 shows the amazing and magnificent scenery of Jianshan Terraced Fields at Malichang Township, Huayuan County. The terraced fields, named after Jianshan Mountain, are pieces of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms, which resemble steps, for the purposes of more effective farming. It is known as the best place to enjoy sunrise and sunset of the county. Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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2016 Zhangjiajie Music Festival "Beautiful China in Cave" will be held in Huanglong cave scenic spot,Specific time: July 15, 2016 to September 30, 2016."Beautiful China in Cave" Chinese Dragon Music Awards will be held at Huanglong Cave area,《Youth Piano Competition》《Choral Competition》《Band Competition》《Square Dance Competition》,players and accompanying persons will reach nearly 30,000 scale. Competition to provide tourist services at their own expense.The total prize money is 3.5 million.Translated by shuire

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The Second Double Sixth Folk Song Competition was launched online across the country from May 10, as released by the organizer in Shaoyang City, Hunan Province. It is one of the highlights of the 2016 Hunan (Nanshan) Double Sixth Folk Song Festival.The two-month competition held at 6 venues is expected to attract over ten thousand participants, from whom “The Top 10 Kings of Folk Song” will be selected after three turns. Besides the national folk song competition, series of themed activities will be held to celebrate the festival, including the Second Chengbu Folk Song Competition, the Opening Ceremony of the festival, Chengbu Cultural Tourism Experience, Orange Isle Folk Song Week and China Excellent Folk Song Album Debut.This year the festival starts from May and will end in September.Background information:Double Sixth here refer to the 6th day of 6th Chinese lunar month.File photoTranslator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2016-05-12 09:10 View：1424

The National Tourism Administration will officially pilot a freelance tour guide program starting from May, in an attempt to meet the increasing demands of tourists through a two-way selection between tour guide and tourists. An online pilot program will be launched in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces, while Changbai Mountains in Jilin Province, Changsha and Zhangjiajie in Hunan Province, Guilin in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sanya in Hainan Province, and Chengdu in Sichuan Province will pilot both online and offline services.The pilot program of freelance tour guide service is part of a comprehensive reform of the country's tour guide system, which will tap more job opportunities for tour guides and create a fair and orderly tourism market.Freelance tour guides are able to offer guide services via online platforms and/or offline agencies concerned and will be paid by a third-party payment platform. It is estimated that the program will reduce the number of shopping trips to some degree.The administration will set up a national unified tour guide supervision platform by the end of May, which will certify freelance tour guide, publish a list of agencies that offer freelance tour guide services, as well as collect information for tour guides and tourists' comments.Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2016-05-11 09:09 View：1766