China News Service, Hohhot, August 11 (Reporter Zhang Wei) On the 11th, the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region officially announced that Inner Mongolia received more than 10 million domestic tourists in July, an increase of more than 30% from June. The size of the self-driving tour market Take the first place.
According to Wei Zhiguo, deputy director of the Inner Mongolia Department of Culture and Tourism, in July, Inner Mongolia received 11.071,800 domestic tourists and realized domestic tourism revenue of 20.566 billion yuan, an increase of 30.7% and 49.56% respectively over June. According to data from Inner Mongolia Airport, passenger throughput of 1.692 million passengers was completed in July, an increase of 39.5% from the previous month.
Wei Zhiguo said that self-driving travel has become a new growth point in the accelerated recovery of Inner Mongolia tourism. "The self-driving tour tourists accounted for 41.54% of the domestic tourists received in the region, and the self-driving tour market has taken the first place."
"In addition, Inner Mongolia received 7,110,800 domestic overnight tourists in July, an increase of 37.24% month-on-month, and more tourists changed from passers-by to overnight guests." Wei Zhiguo said.
Since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic at the beginning of the year, the epidemic has had a greater impact on the tourism industry, domestic and foreign travel has been restricted, tourists' travel needs have not been met, and tourism companies have struggled to operate. In the first half of the year, in order to accelerate the promotion of the cultural tourism industry to overcome the impact of the epidemic and realize the recovery and development, Inner Mongolia took a series of measures to vigorously promote the recovery and development of the cultural tourism industry.
Wei Zhiguo said that Inner Mongolia has formulated 23 specific measures to reduce business operating costs and increase corporate credit support to escort the rapid recovery of the tourism market; actively promote the "Inner Mongolian Travel to Inner Mongolia" activity, and plan to launch more than 150 boutique tours. In response to the liberalization of cross-provincial team tourism, a series of characteristic tourism projects and routes have been organized.
Starting from the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the use of weekends and holidays to continue to carry out boutique performing arts, cultural creativity and intangible cultural heritage activities into scenic spots has become a highlight of Inner Mongolia's cultural tourism this summer. This activity will continue until October.
The reporter combed and found that since July, Inner Mongolia has organized a series of cultural and tourism activities to stimulate tourism consumption. In July, the Inner Mongolia ethnic handicrafts and cultural and creative tourism boutique exhibition activities focused on eight aspects of Inner Mongolia’s boutique cultural and creative, intangible heritage, taste, music and traditional Mongolian yurt culture. From August, all leagues and cities in Inner Mongolia have held music Food season activities, carry out a series of colorful cultural tourism activities.
According to official statistics from the Department of Culture and Tourism of Inner Mongolia, since the liberalization of cross-provincial group tourism, 1,804 foreign tour groups have arrived in Inner Mongolia one after another, starting a "tour in Inner Mongolia" journey. (Finish)