Hubei recorded 43.8454 million tourist visits during the seven-day National Day holiday (October 1-7) this year, with a total tourism income of 23.903 billion yuan, according to the Department of Culture and Tourism of Hubei Province.

Cities in Hubei offered the public various experiences at cultural venues and scenic spots throughout the holiday, including urban leisure tour, countryside tour, cultural tour, self-drive family tour and so on.

During the holiday, the province had issued 650,000 e-coupons, which generated consumption of nearly 70 million yuan.

And thus many scenic spots and hotels took the e-coupons as an opportunity to launch a variety of tourism activities, attracting millions of visitors. Among them, the East Lake Scenic Area in Wuhan opened an around-the-lake cruise. Huangshi launched several camping activities. Some other cities such as Shiyan, Yichang, Xiangyang and Enshi also rolled out countryside tours.

At the same time, nighttime activities enriched visitors’ leisure time during the holiday. The East Lake Moshan Scenic Area in Wuhan, OCT Fabland and City of Tang Dynasty in Xiangyang, as well as Fantawild Theme Park in Jingzhou displayed traditional Chinese culture to the tourists in the forms of light shows and firework shows at night. (en.hubei.gov.cn by Deng Xinyu and Ruan Xinqi)