Hunan Sees Nearly 20 Million Tourist Trips During Qingming Festival Holiday

The Hunan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism released the latest cultural tourism data for the Qingming Festival holiday on April 6 night. The telecommunication data showed that Hunan Province received over 19.84 million tourist trips during the holiday from April 4 to 6, a year-on-year increase of 33.09%. The total tourism expenditure amounted to over 12.6 billion CNY, an increase of 58.86% over last year. According to the China UnionPay data, the per capita spending of tourists reached 549.02 CNY, a 41.33% increase year on year.

Numerous tourists visit Yuelu Mountain. (Photo/Tong Di, Hunan Daily)

Based on the data, the top five most-visited graded scenic spots in Hunan during the holiday were:Hengyang's Hengshan Mountain Tourist Area (178,200 visits);Zhangjiajie's Wulingyuan-Tianmen Mountain Tourist Area (156,100 visits);Changsha's Yuelu Mountain Tourist Area (151,800 visits);Xiangtan's Shaoshan Tourist Area (136,500 visits); and,Fenghuang Ancient Town Tourist Area in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (110,500 visits).

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.