Travel makes life better. Tourism is an important industry related to the national economy and the people's livelihood.

The theme month series activities of "May 19 China Tourism Day" are being held in full swing, showing a beautiful picture of "enjoying a happy life in China".

The reporter learned that Wuhan East Lake Ecological Tourism Scenic Spot is a national 5A level tourist attraction, a national civilized scenic spot demonstration site, and one of the first batch of national key scenic spots. It is picturesque all the year round and a tourist resort for leisure and entertainment. With the approach of summer, Wuhan East Lake Ecological Tourism Scenic Area has launched a colorful cultural and tourism feast to invite citizens and tourists to the East Lake for summer by taking the opportunity of the National Tourism Development Conference and the "May 19 China Tourism Day".

Tourists at home and abroad can stroll along the East Lake and indulge in the landscape; You can camp comfortably and swim in the sea of flowers; You can ride a boat and walk through the picture scroll... to feel the infinite charm of the world famous lake and people's paradise.

Cultural Tourism East Lake

Colorful activities in summer

Wuhan East Lake Ecological Tourism Scenic Area launched a series of summer cultural tourism activities.

From May 18 to May 26, the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences launched the theme activity of "Biodiversity Protection, Botanical Garden in Action". Taking the unique species of baobab tree in Africa as an example, a series of science popularization activities were carried out around the biodiversity of China and Africa to enhance the public's awareness of biodiversity protection and help people and nature coexist in harmony.

On June 7, the Dragon Boat themed cruise ship "Qu Yuan" will be launched at the East Lake Chufeng Garden Dock. Tourists can get fans, canvas bags and other small surprise gifts when they encounter "Qu Yuan" and participate in the interaction. The theme wall of praying is set up in the prelude of Lake Light on the greenway, and there is an interactive activity of "Dragon Boat Festival folk custom shooting five poisons". At the Dragon Boat Festival Ancient Style Market, there are not only Zongtou Opera stalls, ancient handicrafts full of artistic atmosphere, colorful Dragon Boat Festival cultural and creative, but also various Wuhan featured snacks, which are delicious and fun.

From June 8 to June 10, the East Lake Tingtao Scenic Area will hold the Dragon Boat Festival cultural activity of "Poetry and Painting East Lake, Chu Yun Tingtao". Tourists can not only enjoy cultural performances such as shadow play performances and Han costume tours, but also immerse themselves in folk activities such as making dumplings, weaving colorful ropes, drawing colored eggs, making mung bean cakes, and throwing pots.

The Maya Beach Water Park in Wuhan will also open on June 8, and the popular summer event "HOHA Music Festival" will return. This summer, the park will combine the Wuhan Water Playing Summer with the Paris Olympic Games, and five major innovative plans+stage wave making pool upgrade play methods to create a variety of water playing activities and live house performances.

At the same time, East Lake Ocean Park, Joyful Jungle, and East Lake Beach have also introduced new and interesting play methods, bringing citizens and tourists a hot summer time.

Ecological East Lake

Water wetland and underwater forest

In addition to cultural and tourism projects that are constantly innovating and rich in business types, the ecological protection of East Lake is also commendable. In recent years, Wuhan East Lake Ecological Tourism Scenic Area has actively practiced the concept of "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains" and handed over a "green answer sheet" of the beautiful East Lake.

Wuhan is dotted with large and small lakes, and East Lake is undoubtedly the most brilliant pearl. After years of treatment, the East Lake has become a national demonstration sample of "smooth river, clear water, green bank, beautiful scenery and harmonious people". Here, the mountains and waters are clear, and the fish can be seen clearly under the mirror like water. A good ecology can not be achieved without the help of underwater forests. There are large areas of underwater forests in Ezui Demonstration Area of Guozheng Lake, Bitan Fish Watching Scenic Spot, Baihua Lake, and OCT Ecological Wetland Park, which have been connected to each other. The lush water plants swayed with the waves in the lake, as if they were playing and dancing with the fishes shuttling between them. The water is clear and the shore is green, and the fish fly on the shallow bottom. A fresh and natural ecological landscape is in front of us.

"We have been actively exploring the path of ecological governance, accelerating the construction of East Lake into an ecological model with mountains and rivers, cities and lakes, and humanities. We are committed to making the good ecological environment of East Lake a growth point for the citizens to live a better life, a support point for high-quality economic development of Wuhan, and a driving force to show the unique charm of Wuhan." The relevant person in charge of Wuhan East Lake Ecological Tourism Scenic Spot Management Committee introduced to Jimu News.

After years of treatment, the East Lake has yielded fruitful results. From 2009 to 2023, the water quality was stable at Class IV, and in some months reached Class II to Class III water quality standards. The ecological restoration area of the lake reached 3.2 million square meters, and the beauty of "underwater forest" reappeared in the East Lake. Since 2019, East Lake has been rated as "the most beautiful lake in the Yangtze River Economic Belt", "the national demonstration lake", "the first batch of healthy lakes in Hubei Province", "the beautiful lakes in Wuhan", etc. At present, the East Lake has 234 kinds of wild birds, millions of various trees, and more than 25 million tourists every year. The beautiful picture of the harmonious coexistence between man and nature is painted here.

Hot East Lake

Tourists from all over the world come in droves

The reporter learned that in recent years, Wuhan East Lake Ecological Tourism Scenic Area has accelerated the transformation of ecological resources advantages into green development advantages, creating a variety of tourist attractions for tourists and sharing the beauty of urban ecology.

Marathon, cycling race, sailing race, music festival, water carnival...... East Lake holds more than 60 large-scale cultural, tourism and sports festivals every year, and various festival activities such as the Lantern Festival, Cherry Blossom Festival, and Wavemaking Festival brighten the IP of East Lake. Innovative tourism ecological tour, red culture tour, blue water tour, night leisure tour, ancient cultural tour, the East Lake is full of vitality, realizing "flowers in the season, festivals in the month, and wonderful throughout the year", becoming a shining card of Wuhan and even China, attracting global attention.

According to statistics, after the "May Day" in 2023, the number of tourists received in China ranked eighth, the "National Day" sixth, and the Qingming Festival in 2024, the number of tourists received in China ranked fourth. In 2024, the "May Day", Wuhan East Lake Ecological Tourism Scenic Area was once again "hot". In 2024, the number of foreign tourists received in the five days of "May Day" exceeded three times that of last year, and the maximum number of tourists received in one day exceeded 550000. The number of daily visitors and tourism income both reached a new historical high in East Lake, and it also ranked seventh in the list of popular tourist attractions in China on Baidu Maps. Throughout the holiday, the license plates from other places accounted for more than half of the major parking lots of East Lake.

"Tourism is the pillar industry, livelihood industry, and happiness industry of the East Lake. We will resolutely protect the scenery and beautiful scenery of the East Lake, adhere to building tourism with culture and highlighting tourism, actively promote the deep integration of culture and tourism, and promote the high-quality development of tourism to achieve stability and long-term development. We will actively foster a number of new forms of culture and tourism that are sustainable, popular and attractive, continue to improve the quality of tourism products and services, protect cultural heritage and ecological resources, and attract more tourists at home and abroad to feel the charm of the world's famous lakes and people's parks. " Wuhan East Lake Ecological Tourism Scenic Spot Management Committee, said the relevant person in charge. (Reporter Wu Xiaofang)

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