Chongqing Hubei Three Gorges Tourism Festival "Returning to the Three Gorges" invites you to play in 14 districts and counties of Chongqing

The 9th China Three Gorges International Tourism Festival will be held from today until the end of November in Wanzhou District, Chongqing and counties along the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. On the afternoon of July 26th, the organizing committee of the tourism festival held a press conference and launch ceremony. Mo Gongming, member of the Standing Committee of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Wanzhou District Party Committee, attended. Pan Yiqin, Deputy Mayor of Chongqing, announced the activities of the festival. Liu Qi, Director of the Chongqing Tourism Development Commission, introduced the event route, emblem, flag, and mascot.

Chongqing Deputy Mayor Pan Yiqin mentioned at a press conference that the large-scale landscape performance of "Returning to the Three Gorges" will be launched in Fengjie County, Chongqing in October 2018. He invited internationally renowned director Zhang Yimou to serve as the chief director and create a large-scale landscape performance at Kuimen, the gateway of Chinese landscapes. The performance will focus on the poetry and culture of poets who have praised the Three Gorges throughout history, highlighting elements such as technology, environmental protection, humanities, and poetry, and vigorously promoting traditional Chinese culture.

It is reported that the 9th China Three Gorges International Tourism Festival, centered around the theme of "Magnificent Yangtze River, Poetry and Painting Three Gorges", has planned and arranged a variety of cultural and tourism activities in accordance with the requirements of highlighting the theme and keeping it up-to-date. The China Three Gorges International Tourism Festival is a large-scale tourism event jointly hosted by the Chongqing Municipal People's Government and the Hubei Provincial People's Government. It has received strong support from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and has been held alternately in Chongqing and Hubei Province for 8 times, becoming a well-known cultural and tourism festival brand in China.

This tourism festival is held against the backdrop of earnestly implementing the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping at the symposium on deepening the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and comprehensively implementing the spirit of the city's tourism development conference. "Pan Yiqin, Deputy Mayor of Chongqing, said at the press conference of this tourism festival," We will focus on playing the 'Three Gorges card' and singing the 'Three Gorges opera' well, further building the Yangtze River Three Gorges tourism economic belt, and making every effort to create an upgraded version of the Three Gorges tourism industry and an internationally renowned tourist destination

It is reported that the 9th China Three Gorges International Tourism Festival is organized by the Chongqing Municipal Tourism Development Commission, Cultural Commission, Immigration Bureau, and Wanzhou District People's Government, with the participation of 14 districts and counties in Chongqing. It is of great significance and role to enhance and promote the overall tourism image of the counties and cities along the Three Gorges, sing the Chinese Three Gorges International Tourism Gold Brand, deepen the construction of the Three Gorges Tourism Economic Belt, and promote the deep integration and development of the cultural tourism industry.

Liu Qi, Director of the Chongqing Tourism Development Commission, stated at the press conference of this year's tourism festival that Chongqing is building a "beautiful city of mountains and waters" and will welcome tourists from all over the world to come to Chongqing with full enthusiasm and an open attitude to "travel thousands of miles and visit the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River to enjoy the infinite scenery.

The 9th China Three Gorges International Tourism Festival started on July 26th and ended at the end of November, lasting for four months. Highlighting the charm and cultural characteristics of the Three Gorges, reflecting internationalization and mass appeal, emphasizing a sense of participation and achievement, a total of 8 major events were arranged during the period, including the large-scale landscape performance of "Returning to the Three Gorges", the World River Song Festival, the tourism culture light show, the free revisit of 100 international tourists to the Three Gorges, and the Yangtze River Three Gorges Tourism Forum. 15 district and county activities, including the 8th Three Gorges International Food Culture Festival and the 2nd Wanzhou Grilled Fish Festival, as well as 5 preferential policies such as transportation, accommodation, and scenic spot tickets, were also offered. At that time, tourists from all over the country can enjoy this wonderful and highly discounted cultural tourism feast through charter flights, cruise ships, buses, high-speed trains, self driving tours, and online tours of the Three Gorges.

Bringing the Three Gorges to the World: "Return to the Three Gorges" Debuts in October

This year's tourism festival regards the tourism industry of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River as an important lever for building a beautiful place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, highlighting the goal positioning of "a city of mountains and waters, a beautiful place" and the value positioning of "traveling thousands of miles, reaching the vast". Following an international perspective, international thinking, and international standards, we will adhere to "internationalization+localization", vigorously promote the tourism image of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River to the world, and let the Three Gorges go global and let the world understand it. In October, the large-scale landscape live performance of "Returning to the Three Gorges" will be held in Fengjie County, Chongqing, with internationally renowned director Zhang Yimou as the chief director. The main theme is the poetry and culture of poets who have praised the Three Gorges throughout history, highlighting elements such as technology, environmental protection, humanities, and poetry. A large-scale landscape live performance will be created in Kuimen, the gateway to Chinese landscapes. From October to November, the "Three Gorges Pearl · Sparkling Pinghu" tourism cultural light show will be held in Wanzhou. Leveraging the unique three-dimensional space advantages of mountains, water, and city in Wanzhou, it will integrate sound, light, electricity, people, and scenery in real-time to complement the World River Song Festival, enrich multi-dimensional sensory experiences, expand the night scene space of Pinghu, and create a festive atmosphere for the festival.

From November 7th to November 10th, the theme event of "Revisiting the Yangtze River and Returning to the Three Gorges" will be held in Chongqing and the counties (autonomous counties) along the Three Gorges in Hubei Province. 200 international tourists who visited the Three Gorges 20 years ago will be invited to revisit the Three Gorges for free and participate in the 9th China Three Gorges International Tourism Festival World River Song Festival and related activities. Through the perspective of international tourists, they will discover the unique beauty of the Three Gorges today and express their feelings of "millennium beauty and new charm".

On November 8th, the World River Song Festival was held in Wanzhou District, Chongqing, with the theme of "Song of the River". It invited world-renowned national choirs or performing artists from river basins, as well as domestic choir groups, to perform on the same stage in Wanzhou District, Chongqing. With a cruise ship anchored on the banks of Pinghu Lake in Wanzhou as the stage, it performed world-renowned river songs and showcased the Three Gorges culture and river sentiment.

During the tourism festival, there will also be float parades, the "Ecological Priority, Green Development - Three Gorges Tourism Forum", the rotating chairman's meeting for tourism cooperation in the Three Gorges region between Chongqing and Hubei, the signing ceremony for investment cooperation projects in scenic spots along the Three Gorges, and the Three Gorges Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition. At the end of the year, the 12th Chongqing Three Gorges (Wushan) Red Leaf Festival and Goddess Cup Art Film Week will be held in Wushan County, Chongqing, fully utilizing world-class tourism resources such as Wushan Red Leaves, Wushan Clouds and Rain, Wushan Goddess, Gaoxia Pinghu, and Chinese Wonders to create a historical and cultural business card for Three Gorges tourism.