Wuhu City Received 557,000 Visitors During the Dragon Boat Festival Holiday

    Reporters learned from Wuhu Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism that during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, in order to provide  a variety of cultural tourism products and considerate services and to ensure that tourists can spend a safe, civilized and peaceful Dragon Boat Festival, Wuhu City strictly implemented a series of instructions, such as requirements of the epidemic prevention and control and flood safety , measures like restricting the number of tourists, booking in advance, scanning code and temperature measurement are also strictly carried out.

    During the holidays, the city received a total of 557,000 tourists, with total tourism revenue reaching 233.9 million yuan.

    During this Dragon Boat Festival, in combination with prevention and control requirements of the epidemic and flood, Wuhu City’s each county (city), each scenic spot, cultural venues and rural tourism areas focused on the theme of “carrying forward traditional culture and strengthening cultural confidence” and launched a series of online and offline Dragon Boat Festival folk customs activities that meet the market demand and integrate traditional culture with modern science and technology. These colorful activities allow tourists to experience the infinite charm of traditional culture closely, effectively meet the diversified demands of tourists, enrich the holiday tourism market supply, and accelerate the recovery of cultural tourism industry. 

 Translated by Yuan Mengwen from Foreign Affairs Office of Wuhu Municipal People’s Government