During the "May Day" holiday in 2024, Hongqiao District will conscientiously implement the important deployment requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping to be a cultural person, benefit the people with culture, run the city with culture, and develop the industry with culture, combine its own characteristics, make efforts to integrate culture, tourism and business, and carefully plan a series of activities of "Enjoy May Day, Visit Hongqiao" to create a positive and warm festival atmosphere.
Tourist attractions and characteristic blocks continue to be popular. The A-level scenic spots in the area received tourists increased by 1.96% year-on-year, and the operating income increased by 84.3% year-on-year. Tianjin West Railway Station sent a total of 349,500 passengers, a year-on-year increase of 11.48%; The number of arriving passengers was 371,600, a year-on-year increase of 13.22%. The "Eye of Tianjin" Ferris wheel scenic spot and the surrounding night market, Sancha estuary area tourists come one after another. The Internet celebrity check-in place - the northwest corner of the special food street received 500,000 tourists; The Honghuli Food Street, a new Internet celebrity district, attracted more than 90,000 tourists. According to comprehensive statistics, during the "May Day" period, the region's cultural, tourism, commercial and trade industries attracted more than 1.3 million citizen tourists.
Special activities are "eye-catching" and "gold-absorbing". During the "May Day" period, our district organized a series of cultural and tourism activities of "Enjoy May Day and Visit the Red Bridge", covering 5 categories and 28 items such as theatrical performances, boutique exhibitions, business promotions, scholarly "May Day", and sports competitions. The "String Music and Drama" Riverside Concert kicked off the "'Bridge' Seeing the Haihe River and Encountering Romance" in the form of Western musical instruments and the quintessence of Peking Opera. The "City Upward, Shining on the Land" Culture and Art Season will guide the whole people to exercise together by holding the Air Volleyball Street Challenge, and bring the sports spirit to the extreme in the "Erdu", which is known as the "City of Volleyball". The art exhibition "Into Daqin" shows the development history of Daqin from prosperity to decline, and the terracotta warriors and horses reflect each other, bringing a strong visual impact and telling the excitement of the times. The art exhibition of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas of the Creation" creates a 1,000-square-meter immersive art exhibition, and through prints and art sculptures, you can read the book "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" from multiple angles. The Tianjin Station of ChinaJoy Super League allowed the audience to experience the shock of "100 million" points of the second dimension and the national style through cosplay events, millet markets, popular coser meet-and-greets, mobile game stage plays, house dances, animal costumes, Hanfu costume shows, and national style experiences. In addition, special activities such as the Book Fair into the scenic spot and the birthday party of Tianjin Music Radio FM99 exclusive pet fans will further release the new vitality of cultural tourism consumption while meeting the needs of citizens and tourists for holiday travel, shopping and entertainment. Douyin's topic of "Meeting Ancient Mythical Beasts in Tianjin" (Classic of Mountains and Seas Art Exhibition) has been searched more than 5.1 million times, ranking among the top 10 in the same city.
Actively create new landmarks and new scenes for cultural tourism. Our district has carried out an overall upgrade and transformation of the characteristic food block in the northwest corner, set up new three-dimensional signs and photo check-in areas, and drawn Tianjin dialect, retro scenes, special food and other content, providing tourists with a better experience. The Oracle Theme Cultural Park located on Xiguan North Street was officially opened to the public.