Citizens consult travel agency staff. Photo by Li Hui, reporter of Chutian Metropolis Daily.
Chutian Metropolis Daily (Reporter Gao Dongqi, Jian Junhui, Zhou Zhitao, correspondent Cheng Furong and Yuan Yuan) Yesterday, the 9th Central China Tourism Expo and the 2nd Yangtze River Tourism Expo ended. In the past three days, the sales of travel agencies have exceeded 40 million yuan, and the contract amount of tourism projects has exceeded 62.95 billion yuan. After 8 years of exploration, the Yangtze River Tourism Expo led by the Hubei Provincial Tourism Commission has become the most popular local tourism exhibition after the Taipei Tourism Exhibition and Guangzhou Tourism Exhibition.
Travel vendors praised Jingshan Chushui
This year's Travel Expo attracted travel vendors from Italy, Germany, the United States and other countries to purchase Hubei tourism products. They visited the world natural heritage site Shennongjia , the world cultural heritage site Wudang Mountain, the Enshi ethnic customs tour, and the Yangtze River Three Gorges luxury boat tour and other boutique routes.
At the negotiation meeting, 12 pairs of travel agencies signed contracts for cooperation, including Hubei Jiacheng National Travel Service, Macau China Travel Service, Taiwan Feiyang, Thailand Holiday and other five travel agencies.
Executive General Manager of Feiyang Travel Agency, Taiwan, Lin Zheming, said: "The tourism products recommended by Hubei have completely overturned our original understanding of Hubei. I think the number of tourists entering Hubei in Taiwan should double at this time next year."
General Manager of the Thai Holiday Travel Agency, Liu Shaoweng, said that Hubei's tourism resources are very rich, not only Wudang Mountain, but also the relics of the Three Kingdoms such as Chibi and Jingzhou Ancient City , are all very influential in Thailand. They will promote Hubei's in-depth 8-day tour in Thailand and capture all the boutique scenic spots in Hubei in one place.
Citizens rushed to buy 40 million yuan of products
At the exhibition, Wuhan, Xiaogan , Shiyan, Yichang and other places attracted 21 tourism projects, with a total investment of 62.951 billion yuan, and each project exceeded 100 million yuan.
This year's Tourism Expo is very popular, and it also depends on the combination of exhibitions and sales. Wanda New Route, Xiazhou National Travel Service, Datang National Travel Service and 11 travel agencies sold on-site, launching thousands of discounted routes, with sales exceeding 40 million yuan in three days. Popular routes include Russia, Europe, Thailand, etc., and luxury sea cruise ships, Three Gorges cruise ships, and study and tourism products also receive more customers.
gave 12,000 tickets to various scenic spots on site, and won tens of thousands of yuan in outbound travel prizes. One person signed a contract and the second person had half price, and one free of outbound travel products. This preferential activity that benefits the people attracted a group of citizens to come in the rain and line up to buy.
Chutian Tourism Research Institute special expert and Hubei University Tourism Development Research Institute Dean, said that the Yangtze River Tourism Expo led by Hubei has become a win-win platform for the government to set up a stage, enterprises to perform, and tourists to benefit. It has brought tangible benefits to the general public and has introduced Hubei tourism to the world well. It can be said to be the most popular people-friendly event.
