The excitement gained by hanging in the air on a 236-meter glass skywalk, the amazing night scene enjoyed on a five-star luxurious cruise···all kinds of new products, new routes and new ideas on this May Day Holiday give residents and visitors a more pleasant surprise. According to statistics, Yichang City has received 2.2016 million visitors in total, and gained tourism revenue of 814 million yuan during the three-day holiday, with an increase of 18.24% and 21.13% respectively.

“New products attract attentions”. New tourism products have been pushed out in many scenic spots. "Night trips on the Yangtze River" have set sail on the eve before the holiday. This route, supported by the night scene along the Yangtze River, and highlighting passing through Gezhou Dam in the night, fills up the blank of night tourism products in Yichang and gives a totally new experience to residents and visitors who enjoy it so much. It has received more than 2400 tourists during the holiday, kicking off as the first night tourism product in Yichang. Similarly, a glass skywalk built along Fangshan Cliff above Qingjiang River in Changyang County, is also a hit. It is said to be the longest cliff glass skywalk in the country at present. It has been unveiled officially right before the holiday and attracted 16000 visitors who wanted to experience the excitement on May Day Holiday.

“New ideas are a hit.” Traditional scenic spots frequently put forward new ideas to attract visitors on this holiday, smartly taking advantage of present popular new media. Qingjiang Gallery Scenic Area joined hands with Changyang Television Station and China Mobile to hold a video live broadcast of " visiting Qingjiang River and being enchanted by its gallery" through WeChat, attracting a lot of fans. It has received 99,100 persons during three days, with over 30,000 persons received per day. Newly-opened Longquan ancient town has held a series of theme activities of "opening up on May 1st and visiting this ancient town". On May 1st, the town is crowded with over 40,000 visitors.

 “New spots are a trend”. During the holiday, residents in Yichang chose to go to parks, with Yiling Forest Park receiving nearly 33,000 visitors and Moji Mountain Forest Park about 28,000 visitors. Yichang Planning Exhibition Hall has still been a hit since its opening-up. During the holiday, it opened 4D cinema featured with sound, light and electricity technologies, which help 35,000 visitors learn more about the future of Yichang.

Furthermore, agricultural tourism around towns, cities and scenic spots is continuously popular, with self-drive trip, self-service travel, outdoor sports trip, countryside trip enjoying a wide popularity among visitors. Many famous countryside tourism spots, such as Jinqiao Village and Dijialing Village in Yuan’an County, Guanzhuang Village, Fuyu Hill of Huanghua Town and Wenxian Cave in Yiling District, launch a series of activities like picking, drifting, fishing to let visitors be exposed to agricultural life, attracting hundreds of thousands of tourists every day. On May 2nd, over 6000 cars were on the way to villages in Changyang County.  (Reporter: Wang Ying; Correspondent: Sun Wenwen)