150 million tourists in August before the accelerated recovery of tourism in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River

From January to August this year, the Three Gorges region of the Yangtze River in Hubei and Chongqing received 150 million tourists and achieved a total tourism revenue of nearly 136.31 billion yuan, up 47.16% and 39.57% respectively year on year, exceeding the level of the same period in 2019.

The Hubei Chongqing Chairman in Office Meeting of the Three Gorges Regional Tourism Cooperation 2023, co hosted by Hubei Provincial People's Government and Chongqing Municipal People's Government, was held in Yichang on the 17th, and the reporter learned the above news.

From 2022 to 2023, Hubei and Chongqing will work together to promote the comprehensive recovery of the Three Gorges cultural tourism market. At present, we are working together to build a national tourism scenic road of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and polish the world-class tourism business card of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.

Since this year, the Yangtze River Three Gorges cruise tourism market has continued to heat up. Data shows that from January to August this year, the Yangtze River Three Gorges cruise ship received 896000 tourists, 122.02% of the same period in 2019.

Accelerating the restoration of cruise tourism in the Three Gorges is one of the key points of cooperation between the two places. With the innovation and upgrading of Chongqing's "Yangtze River Gold Series Cruise", high-end cruise ships such as Yangtze River No.3 have been completed and put into operation; The "Three Gorges 1" cruise ship from Hubei was put into operation in Yichang. The development of water buses, Pinghu Clippers, leisure ferries and other products in the two cities has accelerated, and the diversified water product system is accelerating.

This year, the two sides held many consultations on the Yangtze River cruise tourism cooperation, and reached a cooperation consensus on the construction of a new channel for water transport in the Three Gorges.

Li Shuyong, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Hubei Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, said that the two places will actively plan and promote the construction of ports, wharves and important nodes along the Three Gorges, enhance the connection between tourist wharves and cities and important scenic spots along the Three Gorges, improve supporting facilities and improve service levels.

In particular, the meeting proposed to accelerate the construction of the Three Gorges International Cruise Home Port in Yichang and Chongqing, and build a Yangtze River cruise tourism distribution center; Develop diversified, characteristic and complex theme cruise tourism products, and jointly build the Yangtze River Three Gorges cruise tourism into an international top brand, laying a solid foundation for building the core area of the Yangtze River International Gold Tourism Belt and connecting the tourism resources of 11 provinces and cities along the line.

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