Guangzhou received over 5.02 million tourists during the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday, with foreign tourists accounting for 60%
Red pursuit of distance, self-driving to enjoy spring, cultural museums and nostalgia for the past have become popular
Yangcheng Evening News reporter Liu Xingtong and correspondent Sui Wenguang Tourism Publicity reported: The Qingming Festival holiday in 2024 has come to an end. The reporter learned from the Guangzhou Municipal Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau that the city received more than 5.02 million tourists during the three-day Qingming Festival, achieving cultural tourism income exceeded 4 billion yuan, an increase of 8.5% and 2.3% respectively compared with the same period in 2019. According to data from multiple online travel platforms, Guangzhou ranks among the most popular domestic tourist destinations during the holidays. Among them, chasing the distance in red, enjoying spring by car, and reminiscing about cultural heritage have become popular choices for citizens and tourists.
On April 4, the Tomb Sweeping Day, many citizens went to pay homage at red scenic spots in the city. The Guangzhou Uprising Monument, the Guangzhou Commune Martyrs’ Tomb, the Monument of Comrade Ye Jianying, and the Guangzhou Uprising Leaders Statue Square were surrounded by flowers to express the people’s grief for the heroes. Many red tourist attractions carry out various forms of Qingming Festival sweeping activities. During the festival, the eight red attractions included in the statistics in Guangzhou received a total of 163,000 tourists, an increase of nearly 8% compared with 2019. Among them, the Guangzhou Uprising Martyrs Cemetery alone received 68,000 tourists.
During the three-day holiday, Guangzhou received more than 3.05 million foreign tourists, accounting for 60% of the total number of tourists received. The city's 15 key scenic spots included in the statistics received 632,000 tourists. Among them, Conghua Tianren Landscape Resort has launched the "Super Spring Flower Viewing Season", and hundreds of acres of flower fields have become a beautiful scenery in the eyes of tourists; the spring flowers in Qixi, the flower capital, are in full bloom, and tourists can taste aromatic meals and experience aromatic bubbles while admiring the flowers. Bathing; in Dongyong Town, Nansha District, Haibang Water Town, Panyu District, and Huangpu Changling Modern Agricultural Park, the golden sea of rapeseed flowers has become the focus, attracting many citizens and tourists to check in.
Tourists are also keen to experience rural beauty and culture. During the Qingming Festival, there were more than 2.41 million rural tourists in Guangzhou, and the average occupancy rate of boutique B&Bs in Conghua District and Zengcheng District exceeded 70%.
During the festival, major cultural and museum venues in Guangzhou are very popular. The hydrangeas in the Guangzhou Cultural Center are in full bloom, attracting a large number of tourists to check in, and reservations for entering the park are frequently full; the Guangzhou Art Museum has launched an "outing on ancient paintings" tasting activity, where tourists can "outing" on paintings under the leadership of an education specialist, following the ancient times. Experience the beauty of nature from the perspective of a painter; the Erling Museum of the Southern Han Dynasty launched the wood carving production activity of the "Yangzhou Tour" series of activities and the Chang'an makeup activity of the "See Chang'an Flowers in One Day" series of activities, attracting many families and young tourists; Guangzhou Maritime The museum, Liwan Museum, Nansha District Library, etc. launched special study, handicraft and other activities in conjunction with the Qingming Festival to carry out cultural inheritance in another way. (Yangcheng Evening News)