Short distance trips to the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, known as weekend trips to the Three Gorges, have become possible

Affected by the COVID-19, the tourism industry once entered a low period. Industry insiders believe that this is an opportunity for the tourism industry to step out of its comfort zone. According to recent data released by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, suburban and surrounding tourism has become a hot spot for holiday tourism. Using the short distance to make up for the short distance may become the new normal in tourism.

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Three Gorges of the Yangtze River launches short distance tours

The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is mainly a long-distance cruise, which is condensed into a 3-hour cruise. Tourists can enjoy many essence scenic spots.

Affected by the suspension of cross provincial cross-border tourism during the epidemic, coupled with the slow growth of the long-distance cruise market in the Three Gorges over the years, short distance tourism is becoming a "change seeking" choice for Three Gorges tourism.Since the May Day holiday, the "Two Gorges and One Peak" short distance tour has become a popular route for local and surrounding tourists in Chongqing. It is understood that this short trip has changed the traditional way of Three Gorges tourism, which mainly relies on large long-distance cruise ships, and has been condensed into a 3-hour boat trip. Tourists can enjoy many essence scenic spots along the way.

In 766 AD, the "Poet Saint" Du Fu arrived at the "peak of the Three Gorges" - Kuizhou in Fengjie. He looked at the rolling Yangtze River and created more than 430 poems, leaving one-third of all poems here.

The summit of the Three Gorges, with an altitude of 1388 meters, is the highest point in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. During the May Day holiday, a reporter from the Workers' Daily saw tourists not only admiring the ancient Kuimen elephant fossils with a history of 2 million years, but also marveling at the antiquity and wonder of Fengjie; I also personally visited 'Kuiguan', climbed to the site of the Red Armored Tower Battery, and imagined the scene of the ancient battlefield where 'beacon fires lasted for three months, and family letters were worth ten thousand gold'.

The Chairman of Chongqing Fengjie Chijia Cultural and Tourism Group believes that short-term tourism has become a star product in line with the development trend of the tourism market and is welcoming the future era of high-speed rail tourism. It is becoming the first choice for parent-child travel, suburban travel, and even business travel.

Where there is danger, there is opportunity. In order to reduce the impact of the epidemic on the Three Gorges tourism industry, the Three Gorges Group, responsible for poverty alleviation in Wushan and Fengjie, has integrated and promoted the four tourism enterprises in Sichuan and Chongqing, Wushan and Fengjie to work together in the context of the coordinated development of the Chengdu Chongqing dual city economic circle, complement each other's advantages, and sing the "dual city plan".

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Weekend trip to Three Gorges becomes possible

With the opening of Wushan Shennu Airport in 2019, tourists have a new option to travel to the hinterland of the Three Gorges Reservoir area. Departing from Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, it only takes a 40 minute flight to reach Wushan Airport, and within an hour, it can reach scenic spots including Top of the Three Gorges, Baidi City, and Wuxia. Many local tourists in Chongqing lament that "weekend trips to the Three Gorges" have become possible.

To better serve the tourism of the Three Gorges, we have also opened a connecting flight with Wushan Airport as a node, "said a person in charge of Huaxia Airlines. Tourists who take the connecting flight to or from Wushan Airport only need to check in once and check their luggage once." This is beneficial for many regional airports with limited direct flight routes, greatly improving the experience of tourists during the transfer process

In the eyes of many industry insiders, the current downturn is an opportunity for the tourism industry to break out of its comfort zone. The epidemic will force tourism groups to re-examine their core competitiveness, establish cooperation mechanisms and operation models for resource sharing and value co construction. Now is a rare opportunity for structural optimization and adjustment, which is conducive to reconstructing the tourism industry ecosystem, "said Mo Yuanming, a researcher at the Yangtze River Upstream Tourism Economy Research Center of Chongqing Technology and Business University.

As one of the first national level tourism business cards in China, the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River attracts a large number of domestic and foreign tourists every year with its unique natural landscapes and profound historical and cultural heritage, driving the development of the tourism industry in many cities along the coast from Chongqing to Yichang, Hubei. Against the backdrop of the country's strong promotion of ecological priority and green development, many coastal counties have made tourism a pillar industry. (Original source: Xinhua News Agency client)

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