As the May Day holiday draws to a close, the enthusiasm for travel remains unabated. According to preliminary estimates from the Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province, from May 1st to May 3rd, 150 key scenic spots in Guangdong Province received a total of 7.919 million visitors, an increase of 4.7% compared to 2019. Additionally, 75 key public cultural institutions received 523,000 visitors, marking a 1.7% increase year-on-year.
With the Canton Fair overlapping with the May Day holiday, major tourist attractions and scenic spots in Guangdong were fully booked. Economy-related data continued to rise during the holiday, vividly illustrating the surge in tourist flow and demonstrating the earning potential of Guangdong's cultural tourism market.
Handling the surge in tourist flow requires sincere efforts to cater to visitors. This year, Guangdong launched the "Enjoy Your May Day in Guangdong" series of activities. The newly established cultural landmark, the Bai'etan Greater Bay Area Art Center, opened to the public, becoming a popular destination for citizens and tourists to visit. Nearly 200 A-level tourist attractions offered a series of discounts and 400 themed activities. Various cultural and art troupes, cultural institutions and museums, and towns and villages meticulously organized distinctive folk cultural activities, including 56 high-quality cultural performances, 25 exhibitions of intangible cultural heritage projects, and 40 exhibitions and expos focused on cultural tourism.
Handling the surge in tourist flow also requires quality services. During the May Day holiday, Guangdong implemented measures such as extending opening hours and increasing flexible supply to enhance service capacity. Comprehensive inspections of the cultural tourism market were carried out across various regions to ensure the smooth and orderly operation of the market province-wide. Furthermore, data shows that in the first three days of the May Day holiday, 1.142 million visitors were received at 100 monitored rural tourist spots and historical villages in Guangdong.
Regarding the enthusiasm for cultural tourism activities during this May Day holiday, it is evident that Guangdong continues to innovate and promote the iteration and upgrading of tourism products, cultivate and expand new formats of tourism, and with thorough preparations, effectively handles the surging tourist flow.
Source :Yangcheng Evening News
From the "May Day" cultural tourism fever, see how Guangdong catches the "pouring passenger flow"
The "May Day" holiday is coming to an end, and it still can't stop people's enthusiasm for travel. According to the preliminary estimate of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, from May 1 to May 3, the 150 key scenic spots in Guangdong Province received a total of 7.919 million tourists, an increase of 4.7% over 2019, and the 75 key public cultural institutions included in the monitoring received 523,000 tourists, a year-on-year increase of 1.7%.
The Canton Fair superimposed on the "May Day" holiday, Guangdong's major scenic spots and scenic spots were fully booked, and the holiday economic data continued to rise, vividly interpreting the "splashing passenger flow", and also fully demonstrating the consumption potential and surging vitality of Guangdong's cultural tourism market.
To catch the "pouring passenger flow", we must have the sincerity of the strength to spoil the fans. This year, Guangdong has launched a series of cultural and tourism themed activities of "Please Come to Guangdong for May Day": the new cultural landmark Baietan-Dawan District Art Center is open to the public and has become a popular "check-in place" for the general public and tourists; nearly 200 A-level tourist attractions have launched a series of preferential measures and 400 themed activities; art troupes at all levels, cultural and museum units, and towns and villages have carefully organized folk cultural activities with their own characteristics, including 56 performances of fine literary and artistic performances, 25 exhibitions and performances of outstanding intangible cultural heritage projects, and 40 cultural and tourism exhibitions......
To catch the "pouring passenger flow", we must also have the support of high-quality service. During the "May Day" holiday, Guangdong combined measures such as extending opening hours and increasing flexible supply to enhance service supply capacity, and at the same time carried out comprehensive inspections of the holiday cultural and tourism market in various places to promote the stable, safe and orderly operation of the province's cultural and tourism market. In addition, data show that three days before the May Day holiday, the 100 rural tourism spots and historical villages included in the monitoring in Guangdong received 1.142 million people.
Looking back at the cultural tourism fever of this "May Day" holiday, it is not difficult to find that it is in the tempering of the holidays that Guangdong continues to innovate and promote the iterative upgrading of tourism products, cultivate and expand new forms of tourism development, and actively embrace and steadily catch the "pouring passenger flow" with full preparation.
Text: Translated by Li Meiyan, Liu Jiahui