(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Some scenic spots in Zhangjiajie resumed opening, and various measures have been taken to help the tourism market recover
China News Service, Zhangjiajie, August 27 (Reporter Lu Yi Yang Huafeng) After completing the procedures for scanning codes, measuring body temperature, checking health codes and pass codes, a tourist from Shenzhen Yao Hua successfully entered the Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province.
At 8 o'clock on the 27th, Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area, which had just announced its reopening, welcomed its first tourists.
Yao Hua came to Zhangjiajie, a world natural heritage site, a month ago, but was stranded due to a sudden outbreak.
After the local area was unblocked, she stayed and waited for the scenic spot to reopen. “Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain is a very well-known scenic spot. You must come to see it so that you won’t leave any regrets.”
At 8 o'clock on August 27, Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain Scenic Area, which had just announced its reopening, welcomed its first tourists.
Photo by Yang Huafeng
Since the outbreak of this round of the epidemic at the end of July, Zhangjiajie, a well-known tourist attraction, quickly pressed the "pause button."
According to the official report, 176 travel agencies in Zhangjiajie City have withdrawn from the tour group of 14,439 and 199,800 tourists who withdrew from the tour group. The refund fee was RMB 223 million.
With the epidemic under control, Zhangjiajie was adjusted to a low-risk area on August 25.
After a rigorous assessment, the three scenic spots of Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan Core Scenic Area, Tianmen Scenic Area and Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Scenic Area will resume opening at 8 o'clock on August 27.
The reopening of the scenic area is expected to be completed in early September.
On August 27, the Wulingyuan core scenic spot in Zhangjiajie resumed its opening.
Photo by Deng Daoli
In order to welcome the opening up, the three major scenic spots have been fully prepared to eliminate the scenic spots again, carry out knowledge training on epidemic prevention and control of resumption of work and production, and ensure that the security materials are adequately in place; set up a special disinfection team and inspection team to be responsible for the scenic spot Disinfection and inspection implementation work in various areas within the area; the vaccination rate of front-line employees reaches 100%.
It is understood that after the opening of the scenic area, non-contact ticket purchase methods will be adopted; prevention and control measures such as wearing masks, measuring body temperature, checking the distance between two yards and one meter line will be implemented; temporary isolation points will be established at ticket stations and staff with protective skills will be established.
In order to quickly launch the Zhangjiajie tourism market, relevant departments have introduced a series of measures to help the tourism industry gradually recover.
On the morning of August 27th, tourists lined up to buy tickets at the Wulingyuan core scenic spot in Zhangjiajie.
Photo by Deng Daoli
From the opening day of the scenic spot to September 30, 2021, the Zhangjiajie A-level scenic spot and the transportation in the scenic spot will offer half-price tickets for tourists from all over the country.
Zhangjiajie will provide appropriate subsidies for the flights resumed from September 1 to September 30, 2021; continue to give incentives to the tourist train; and encourage scenic spots to carry out actions to feed back travel agencies.
Shang Bin, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, stated on the 26th that Hunan's cultural and tourism department will promote Zhangjiajie and other cities and prefectures to carry out the activities of "Issuing billions of yuan of consumer vouchers to promote cultural and tourism consumption", and issued a policy for the cultural and tourism industry. Special financial services; raise 100 million yuan to alleviate difficulties and promote development of the cultural and travel industry.
Among them, 20 million yuan will be used for Zhangjiajie's cultural and tourism industry; organize and carry out a series of online and offline marketing and promotion activities of "Inviting Guests into Hunan" to support the development of Zhangjiajie's cultural and tourism industry.
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