Chongqing- During the Spring Festival holiday, the A-class tourist attractions in Chongqing received a total of 8.65 million visitors, up 9.4% year-on-year from 2021. Among them, the ice and snow tour is heating up significantly, while the urban tour is still popular among the public.
Ice and snow tours & hot spring tours increased 30%
The Winter Olympics has driven ice and snow tourism to heat up, and the order requirement of ice and snow tourism-related products has increased by more than 30% compared with last year. The Wulong Karst tourist area received 129,000 visitors during the holiday, Nanchuan Jinfo Mountain received 112,000 visitors, and Fengdu Nantian Lake received 80,000 visitors. According to the data released by Flying Pig, Chongqing ranked fourth in the popular national destinations and sources of tourists.
Skiing has become a new fashion for the Spring Festival. (Photo/ Visual Chongqing)
Meanwhile, Hot spring tourism is highly sought after by tourists. East Hot Spring Scenic Area received 42,000 visitors, Ronghui Hot Spring Town received 22,000 visitors, and Tongjing Hot Spring received 20,000 visitors.
Urban tours are still popular with tourists. Chongqing Hongya Cave, Mexin Wine Town, Ciqikou Ancient Town, Chongqing Zoo, Chongqing Happy Valley, and Yangtze River Cableway received 421,000, 300,000, 267,000, 146,000, 109,000, and 66,000 visitors, respectively.
Tourists in Mexin Wine Town. (Photo provided to iChongqing)
During the holiday, tourists also went to ancient towns such as Yidu Ancient Town, Shuangjiang Ancient Town, and Anju Ancient Town to enjoy the atmosphere of New Year, appreciate folk customs, and taste food.
Colorful cultural performances
Professional art groups in Chongqing have brought the public 20 wonderful live performances of various types. Among them, the dance program "Hotpot Sonata" created by Chongqing Song&Dance Ensemble landed on CCTV Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Tiger, highlighting Chongqing's human character characteristics with rich body language and a variety of dance elements.
In addition, the performers of Chongqing Song&Dance Ensemble also participated in four other programs in the Spring Festival Gala, showing the elegance of Chongqing's literary and artistic workers. During the Spring Festival, Chongqing Grand Theatre staged the ballet celebration play "New Year Ballet," and Chongqing International Circus City and Xinhua Bookstore National Music Story Hall carried out resident performances such as the acrobatic show "Magic City - Extreme Happy SHOW" and Concert "National Music Story."
Fine arts exhibition activities provide the public with a Chinese New Year cultural feast. Chongqing Art Museum held the 40th-anniversary exhibition of Chongqing Painting Institute and the special exhibition of Christopher Marley Nature Art World Tour. The "Live-streaming of Hometown in the New Yea" displayed more than 50 representative intangible cultural heritage projects.
Mass activities show the Chinese New Year atmosphere
The 43 public libraries and 41 cultural centers in Chongqing opened for free as usual and carried out a variety of online cultural services such as online exhibitions, online spring festival gala, online lectures, and online training, receiving 330,000 visitors and 720,000 online services. A total of 387 group cultural activities were carried out in Chongqing, with 726,000 people participating in the activities.
Sixteen museums, represented by the Three Gorges Museum, jointly launched the "Tiger Blesses China - Special Exhibition of Chinese Zodiac Relics" class, which was welcomed by the general public. More than 150 pieces of "tiger"-related precious cultural relics in the Three Gorges Museum have brought the public a "tiger" cultural journey. Dazu Rock Carvings Museum and Chongqing Natural History Museum showed the content of the Spring Festival exhibition through CQTV, allowing the general public to enjoy the strong traditional atmosphere of the New Year in the museum.
In Prison Zhazi and White Residence prison site, citizens visited and felt the great Red Rock spirit. (Photo/ Visual Chongqing)
Moreover, red tourism continues to heat up. In Prison Zhazi and White Residence prison site, citizens visited and felt the great Red Rock spirit. In total, Chongqing's museums and memorials launched 72 new exhibitions and held 68 activities during the Spring Festival Holiday, receiving more than 651,000 visitors.