During the National Day, the number of tourists of those traditional scenic zones did not meet expectations due to the continuous rainy days. However, the tourism market is prosperous even it has been raining for days because of the supply-side structural reform in tourism, the promotion of all-for-one tourism and the construction of “Tourism plus” and compound product of sightseeing and leisure vacation. According to the statistics, 7 million tourists visited Yichang, with year-on-year growth of 10.5%. Tourism revenue has reached 4.528 Billion RMB, with year-on-year growth of 12.39%. The number of tourists obtained from eight main scenic zones on October 6th and 7th has increased 64.35% than last year. The growth rate of Chexi and Qu Yuan’s Hometown is 100% and 122.15% respectively.

　　A large number of tourists are overwhelmed by the splendid activities such as “The Beef and Mutton Festival” in Bailihuang Scenic Zone of Yiling District, the fire balloon project named “Walking in the Cloud” in Chexi Scenic Zone of Dianjun District, the First Gourmet Festival themed “Full of Joy” in Tianmen Gorge Scenic zone of Wufeng county, the Communication Art Festival “Inside the Valley and Outside the Stream” in Chaibuxi Valley Scenic Zone, the concert and wine tasting festival in motor homes campsite in Three Gorges area

　　It is also an ideal choice for sightseeing and recreation for the public and tourists such as flowers admiring, fruits picking, food tasting and home stay living. Home Stay Culture Festival, Chestnut Festival and Kiwi Picking Festival held in Yiling District are even more popular. The beautiful paddy scenery in Shizhu Village of Zigui County has attracted many tourists to enjoy the “gold” pavement. The business of happy farmhouse in Mingfeng Mountain, Qinglong bay and Luyuan Temple in Yuanan County are prevailing there. Picking activities like orange picking in Honghuatao Orangery, winter jujube picking in Jiudaohe and grape picking in Wufeng Mountain are the favorite of those tourists.

　　During this “Gold” Week (National Day), the tourism model of “Smart + Ecology”, has been created in a lot of scenic zones, which has improved the comfort level of the tourists. Online booking is available for the tourists to the Three Gorges Dam scenic zone. The flow-control system is compounded with the “Smart Tourism” short message services, which presents the admission situation within the scenic zone and the transport condition for the tourists and the administrative staff.

　　The tourists flow volume monitoring platform of the Three Gorges family and the Three Gorges Waterfall have been put into usage, which is of much help for the tourists to save time. More than 100 volunteers in The Three Gorges Dam Scenic spot and the Three Travelers’ cave are required to provide point-to-point services for the tourists. On October 3rd, the policeman of Zhongbao Island Local Police Station found the window of a car was open. The policeman managed to protect the property in the car and find the “careless” owner at the same time.

　　During the 8-day holiday, no touring safety accident occurred. Relative apartment has received 25 tourist complaints, a decrease of 78% compared with the same period last year. Among those complaints, 2 of them are in the process of disposing, 6 of them have already been solved and the tourists were satisfied with the results.(Reporter: Wang Ying ; Correspondent: Shu Ailing)