Over 7 million tourists visit Ningbo

Category: Tourist Ningbo
Published: Monday, 17 October 2016 14:05

It is learned from Ningbo Tourism Bureau that during the National Day holiday, Ningbo received 7.1662 million visits, with a tourism income of 5.489 billion yuan, up by 1.72% and 3.45% respectively over the same period of last year.

During the holiday, the scenic areas and spots launched colorful farm tours, coastal tours and forest tours, attracting a large number of tourists. Such activities as flower appreciation, crab fishing and water chestnut picking launched by the Fishing Center of Mushan Lake of Yuyao County attracted about 2000 tourists on the first day. The farm, tea and folk experience activities of the Hucheng Township and Qiantong Town of Ninghai County attracted 702,000 visits. The Shipu Fishing Port Ancient Town and the Chinese Fishing Village of Xiangshan County organized several featured tours with the theme of fishing culture and folk culture. For the first three days of the holiday, the Tantou Mountain Island area received over 30,000 visits. Statistics show that such major scenic areas as Xikou-Tengtou Scenic Area, Film & TV City of Xiangshan County, the Dongqian Lake area, the Songlan Mountain area, Ningbo Botanical Garden and Fantawild Oriental Heritage all received over 100,000 visits during the seven-day holiday.

The tourist facilities in the urban area were also popular. The "Saturday Date" activity of the Old Bund area attracted 115,000 visitors. The "Posting Nantang to the World" activity of the Nantang Ancient Street also attracted a lot of tourists. The children's dramas shown at the Poly Grand Theatre at Ningbo Cultural Plaza were well received by the children