From May 1st to 3rd, 1,606,900 tourists home and abroad visited Yichang, up 31.58% year-on-year, contributing 557 million RMB tourism incomes in total, up 36.80% year-on-year, and the average occupancy rate of the star grade hotels reached 88.87%. According to the statistics of the 8 main scenic spots, 489,100 tourists visited the 8 scenic spots during these three days, with up 33.86% year-on-year. Among these tourists, 72,000 went to Three Gorges Dam, 89,500 to Three Gorges Tribe Scenic Spot, 87,100 to Qingjiang River Gallery Scenic Resort, 78,500 to Xiakou Scenic Site at the mouth of the Xiling Gorge, 52,000 to Chexi Folk Custom Tour Site, 72,100 to The Great Falls, 20,300 to Qu Yuan’s Hometown, 17,600 to Grand Canyon of Chaibuxi River.

　　The main destinations are reported to be one-day tour in the outskirts and two-day tour in the nearby scenic spots. On May 2, more than 44,000 tourists visited the Xiakou Scenic Site at the mouth of the Xiling Gorge near to the city, the most popular scenic spots which also set a new record of tourists’ reception on May Day holiday. During the holiday, Three Gorgers Dam, The Gezhou Dam and the Xiling Gorge were also filled up. More than 6 large liners with some tourists from Europe and America, South Asia and so on stopped at the wharfs of Three Gorges Tribe Scenic Spot and Huanglinmiao Temple every day.

　　Besides, the short distance tour, the whole family tour, DIY tour and self-driving tour are still extremely popular just like last year. The reporter has learned from The Three Gorges Tribe Scenic Spot that more than 70% tourists choose to drive to the spot by themselves. Plenty of vehicles driven by tourists from all over the country can be seen in the parking lot of the scenic spots.

　　When the scenic spots in the city are filling up, there are more choices for the tourist such as the scenic spots tour in the nearby counties and the countryside tour, which formed a distinctive feature of three day vocation. Tourists who are unwilling to visit the popular scenic spots can go to the places with fewer visitors, such as outskirts or the rural inns around the scenic spots. The fresh airs, delicious rural food, activities of picking up the vegetables and fruits in season make the tourists linger on.