The Lishui River which runs through Zhangjiajie, China's famed tourist spot in central Hunan province, is suffering from severe flooding, the provincial flood control headquarters said Thursday. The headquarters warned that its hydrological stations in Zhangjiajie monitored that the river is suffering from the worst flooding in 65 years. The flood control headquarters said some 269,000 people in 62 townships in Zhangjiajie city have been evacuated because of the flooding...Read More
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the launch of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China National Philatelic Corporation (CNPC) held a premiere of China Tourist Passport Stamp Series at the park on September 11. It is said that this is CNPC's first attempt to develop tourism reacted philatelic items. Series No. 1 presents charm of Zhangjiajie bearing the title "China Tourist Passport Stamp Series -Zhangjiajie". This "tourism passport" contains pictures...Read More
In Huanglong Cave, one scenic spot of Wulingyuan Scenic Region, autumn has dressed the Ecology Square into a sea of gold. Each ear of rice standing in the field is bowing to the sickles, ready to embrace a harvest.This morning saw a picture of Harvest in Full Swing—on the spot, farmers with sickles and threshers are all busy yet happy doing their work.The Ecology Square of Huanglong Cave came into...Read More
China (Hunan) International Tourism Festival 2012 was launched in Zixing, Chenzhou City on September 12. The goal of this year's festival is to mutually promote the development of tourism at Zixing's Dongjiang Lake, known as the Lake Geneva of the east and the original Lake Geneva of Switzerland. Also allied around the goal of tourism development are several world-renowned hot spring cities in China (Longsheng and Tengchong), Taiwan, Myanmar and...Read More
During the summer vacation, Wulingyuan Scenic Area, one of the World Natural Heritage Sites has been in full bloom. In two months’ span of July and August, Wulingyuan received around 5 million tourists, total travel sales reaching over 2 billion yuan. According to statistics, since July 6th the daily number of visitors has maintained approximately 60 thousand, among which university and high school students account 40%. To accommodate this group...Read More
