■ Shen Yong, reporter of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone News

a water splashing carnival at Splendid China Folk Village; Toast at the Window on the World Oktoberfest; Listen to the band play and sing the youth suite on the sea cruise "Greater Bay Area One"; Meet the electronic music party on the "Red Fat" double-decker bus... This past summer vacation, Shenzhen tourism came to a prosperous end. Recently, Ctrip released a summer report that Shenzhen ranked among the top 111 popular domestic tourist destinations in the summer, and the number of summer orders for Shenzhen increased by <>% year-on-year, with popular attractions including Window of the World, Happy Valley Shenzhen, Shenzhen Wildlife Park, Splendid China Folk Village, and Guanlan Ocean World.

Theme parks are innovating and passenger traffic is surgeing

The reporter learned from the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports that since the beginning of the summer vacation, the number of people entering major scenic spots has reached a record high, and nearly 100 million people have entered the Window of the World; Happy Valley exceeded 90,50 visitors; More than 40,<> visitors at Xianhu Botanical Garden; Nearly <>,<> people in the safari park.

On September 9th, Happy Valley welcomed its 4 million lucky visitors! Ms. Zhang from Shenzhen was warmly welcomed by the popular cartoon stars of Happy Valley mascots "Huanhuan", "Lele" and "Mini World" at the entrance, and she was also presented with a lifetime annual pass for the scenic spot.

Since the summer of this year, the passenger flow of Shenzhen Happy Valley has repeatedly reached a peak. "This summer, Happy Valley Shenzhen is expected to hit a record high in the number of summer visitors in the 25 years since its opening." Happy Valley staff introduced that this year is the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Happy Valley brand, rich festivals and continuous promotion activities, so that the scenic holiday "people follow the crowd".

As China's first theme park, the 33-year-old Shenzhen Splendid China Folk Village still maintains its youthful and energetic national color. During the summer vacation, the 28th Songkran Festival of Splendid China Folk Village was "open" as scheduled, and thousands of tourists played in the water together in the carnival square with Dai characteristics, such scenes were staged every day.

This year's 28th International Beer Festival takes "beer, food, electronic music, rock, hot dance, carnival" as the main elements, comprehensively upgraded in scale and content, and also introduces more foreign performing arts groups and beer brands, creating a leisure feast integrating beer culture, theme music and boutique performances for tourists. "Come here with friends from afar to drink beer on weekends and celebrate with them, and the average person is about 200 yuan, which is not expensive." "Post-90s" migrant worker Xiao Zhou said happily.

Constantly explore new formats and new ways of playing in the cultural tourism space, and become the source of driving force for the development of Shenzhen's cultural tourism industry.

During the summer vacation, on the "Greater Bay Area No. 1" cruise ship in Shekou Cruise's home port, many tourists arranged birthday parties, company team building, wedding anniversaries and other activities here. Dreamy Bay Area seascapes make these special days even more surprising.

In order to attract tourists to experience the maritime life in the Greater Bay Area, comprehensive high-end Bay Area micro-cruise ships "Greater Bay Area No. 1" and "Greater Bay Area No. 2" have been put into operation one after another, with a large deck, a theater for 100 people, special restaurants, marine culture experience halls and other facilities to continuously meet the new needs of tourists "Bay Area Marine Tourism +". Shekou Cruise's home port has also launched themed voyages such as "Le Dong Bay Area" and "Guochao Bay Area", which have been well received by tourists.

In addition to the sea, land, and air, young people in Shenzhen can also find the coolest way to play - riding the Ferris wheel. Located in Shenzhen's Happy Harbor Tourism Area, the 128-meter-tall "Bay Area Light" Ferris wheel is the latest urban landmark that reconstructs the western skyline of Shenzhen.

Shenzhen leads the country in many tourism indicators

"This year's summer domestic tourism market has achieved comprehensive growth compared with 2019, and Shenzhen ranks among the top in the country in many tourism indicators." The relevant person in charge of Ctrip's Shenzhen branch told reporters.

According to Ctrip's summer travel report, this year's summer travel consumers have shown a trend of increasing travel radius, increasing travel frequency, and being willing to pay for experiences, and study tours, hotel vacations, event performances, and immersive night tours have become hot spots for summer consumption. According to Ctrip's data, the top 10 domestic tourist destinations in the summer are: Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Xi'an, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Nanjing and Changsha.

According to Ctrip's order observation, the average price of domestic one-way tax-inclusive air tickets in the summer is 1085,<> yuan. Top busy airports include: Guangzhou Baiyun, Shenzhen Bao'an, Xi'an Xianyang, Chongqing Jiangbei, Beijing Capital, Kunming Changshui, Chengdu Tianfu, Shanghai Pudong, Beijing Daxing, Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport, Top popular routes are mainly flights between the seven major cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Chongqing and Hangzhou.