On September 24, Wuxi welcomed Chongqing's large cultural tourism promotion activity Chongqing Showcase, the warm-up promotion for the upcoming National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival. During this activity, boutique tourism routes of one-day tours, weekend tours, and in-depth tours had been launched, together with promotions of products costing 1 yuan, 30 yuan, and 10 yuan in Hongchi Dam and Lingwu Cave, as well as cultural and creative products like Daning River embroidery and dragon- and phoenix-shaped crafts, in a bid to boost the local tourism market. The live streaming that night attracted tens of millions of people.
Lanying Grand Canyon in Wuxi County
In the live streaming, Gong Jun, the head of the People's Government of Wuxi County, introduced the profound historical culture and high-quality tourism routes of Wuxi's ancient salt capital to the netizens. Additionally, he highlighted such featured products as Wuxi potato, Wuxi grilled fish, Laoying Tea from remote mountains, dragon- and phoenix-shaped crafts, and Daning River embroidery.
During the live streaming, netizens actively gave comments and praise. Although the live stream only lasted for an hour and a half, it had received a lot of attention.
"I'm not proud of it, but as a native of Wuxi who has a lot of local potatoes and grilled fish and has been to Ningchang Ancient Town many times, I barely know the cultural stories behind them." Netizens said after the live streaming, they had a new understanding of their hometown.
"As soon as the live streaming ended, many friends from other places asked me about the scenery and delicacies in Wuxi. They wanted to have a tour here to wind themselves down." Yang Qing, a local of Wuxi, said that the Chongqing Showcase has carried out a full-range promotion of Wuxi's cultural tourism. He feels sincerely joyous and proud that his hometown has received attention and appreciation from people all over the country!
Many netizens said that during the National Day, they would take a seven-day tour to these recommended destinations in Wuxi.
According to the Culture and Tourism Development Commission of Wuxi County, during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival, Wuxi received 296,000 tourists and scored a comprehensive tourism income of 95.7 million yuan. In addition, Wuxi's rural tourism was also in full swing, receiving 63,600 tourists and achieving a comprehensive tourism income of 13.26 million yuan.