Yang Guangrong Surveys Tourism in Wulingyuan
On the afternoon of July 8, Zhangjiajie Municipal Party Committee Secretary Yang Guangrong hosted a symposium at the Yangjiajie Cableway Company to conduct research on the tourism situation in Wulingyuan District in the first half of the year. Cheng Danfeng, Member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Vice Mayor, Liu Qun, Member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, Secretary-General of the Municipal Party Committee, and Director of the United Front Work Department of the Municipal Party Committee participated in the investigation.
First-Half Visitor and Revenue Data
In the first half of this year, Wulingyuan District received a total of 7.2664 million Chinese and foreign tourists, a year-on-year increase of 22.81%, of which 390,600 inbound tourists were received, a year-on-year increase of 17.06%; the total tourism revenue was 3.085 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.23%. Tourism reception generally maintained a sustained and rapid growth trend.
Second-Half Tourism Work Requirements
Yang Guangrong fully affirmed the achievements made in tourism work in Wulingyuan District in the first half of the year. Regarding how to do a good job in tourism work in the second half of the year and maintain the sustained growth trend in tourism reception throughout the year, Yang Guangrong requested that cities, districts, scenic spots and relevant departments should take the initiative to fully study plans and take practical and effective measures to seize the upcoming tourist season and develop a combination of holiday marketing, event marketing, tourist source promotion, advertising marketing, and reward marketing. It is necessary to strengthen the management of scenic spots, relevant departments should straighten out the management system, attach great importance to the emerging problems in scenic spot management, clarify responsibilities and not shirk responsibilities, study specific measures, further standardize the order of scenic spots, and at the same time improve the tourist supporting facilities of scenic spots and improve the quality of scenic spots.
Yang Guangrong also put forward requirements on specific issues in the city's tourism work.