Zhengyu High -speed Railway helps the Three Gorges Tour of the Yangtze River

Xinhua News Agency, Chongqing, July 12th: Zheng Yu's high -speed rail helps to recover from the Three Gorges Tour of the Yangtze River

Xinhua News Agency reporters Zhou Kai and Han Chaoyang

In the small Three Gorges Scenic Spot of Wushan County, Chongqing, the cliffs on both sides of the strait are towering and the river is green. The magnificent Gorge River scenery surprises the tourists on the boat. Huang Mingchun, a boatman of the Three Gorges Cruise Company, stood at the head of the boat and introduced the local customs of the Three Gorges to the tourists. He sang the local folk songs, singing, laughter, and applause echoed in the canyon.

Gorge of the Three Gorges of Wushan County. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Kai

On June 18th, the Three Gorges Three Gorges Cruises, which was suspended for nearly a year, began to resume. On June 20th, the Zhengyu high -speed rail was officially opened. "Affected by the epidemic in the past few months, tourists in the scenic spot have been significantly reduced. These days, the small Three Gorges has become lively again, and there are thousands of tourists entering the scenic area every day." Huang Mingchun, 47, told reporters excitedly.

In the past, due to the inconvenience of traffic in the Three Gorges Reservoir area, the Three Gorges Tour of the Yangtze River was mainly based on cruise ships. With the opening of the Zhengyu high -speed rail, taking the high -speed rail to visit the Three Gorges to become a new way of travel, providing new passenger flow and new opportunities for the Yangtze River Three Gorges Tour.

On the evening of July 7, on the cruise ship of the "Light of the Three Gorges" at Wushan County, the reporter saw the tourists boarding a long dragon, and soon the boat was full of seats. As the cruise ships entered the river, the county building and the green mountains on both sides of the strait began to staged a highly technological light show; on the boat, the actors dressed as "Tang and Song poets" and chanted Wushan's famous poetry and songs to tourists.

The light show of the "Light of Three Gorges" in Wushan County. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Kai

"The Gorge of Wushan has a geographical characteristics, which is very different from the geographical geographicalforms in the Central Plains. It used to have thought of it, but it was not convenient to take a car. Now it will arrive in the high -speed rail for more than 3 hours." Mr. Zou, citizen, said.

Thanks to the opening of the Zhengyu high -speed rail, 2.102 million tourists from Wushan County from June 20th to July 4th increased by 49.7%year -on -year.

In order to fully tap the new market for the Yangtze River Three Gorges Tour brought by the high -speed rail, the governments of Chongqing and Hubei held the 13th China Yangtze Three Gorges International Tourism Festival and the launching ceremony of the "High Speed ​​Rail Tour the Three Gorges" event in Wanzhou District, Chongqing. Essence The "high -speed rail to travel to the Three Gorges" activity time has continued until November. During this period, more than 20 supporting activities such as the International Red Leaf Festival, Marathon, and the Three Gorges Food Culture Festival will be carried out in the Three Gorges Reservoir District.

Data show that from June 20th to July 9th, the Zhengyu high -speed railway of the China Railway Zhengzhou Bureau Group Corporation sent a total of 521,000 passengers, of which 35,000 passengers were sent on July 8; Averaged 27,000 passengers daily, accounting for 32.7%of passengers sent by Chongqing North Station, and the Three Gorges Reservoir area became a popular destination.

[Editor in charge: Cheng Lan]

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