In order to make it convenient for the year travel card users to go around, the Through Buses to Six Scenic Spots Online Ticketing System was officially launched a few days ago. Local citizens can browse online various travel routes to the major scenic spots in Yichang and book for themselves, their relatives or friends.

　　It’s learned that the system was jointly developed by the Electronic Travel Card and Jiaoyun International Travel Agency Co., Ltd. and Jingtong Travel Technology (Yichang) Co., Ltd. The first batch of six scenic spots launched this time are the Three Gorges Folks Scenic Area, the Qingjiang Gallery Tourist Resort, the Three Gorges Zhuhai Scenic Area, the Chaibuxi Grand Canyon Scenic Area, the Three Gorges Jiufeng Valley Scenic Area, and the Three Gorges Chexi Folk Tourism Area.

　　When booking a ticket, you can enter the official WeChat of the “Electronic Travel Card”, click the buttons of “Travel Year Card” and “Through Bus to Scenic Spots” in the menu bar at the bottom. After opening the main booking interface, browse it according to your travel date or destination scenic spot (the price shown in the system includes round trip fare), select the most convenient bus stop and make an order. Then, click the “WeChat Payment” button to complete the reservation. You can see your travel order in the “Orders” menu and cancel the reservation at any time.

　　Yichang boasts of China’s top and world-class tourism resources such as Xiling Gorge, Three Gorges Dam and Qingjiang Gallery. Its tourism industry has experienced rapid development in recent years, with a total tourism revenue of nearly 80 billion yuan in 2018. How to speed up the improvement of the “quality” and “service” of its tourism? Standardized management is the foundation and premise.

　　According to the principle of “connecting to major external transportation, linking up scenic spots and constructing tourism circular lines”, the city will quicken the construction of tourism transportation infrastructure, continuously improve the accessibility to tourism scenic spots, and make both its service and management more intelligent by building a smart tourism service platform that allows tourists to consume at ease and conveniently, and a smart tourism marketing platform that makes potential tourists feel at ease and convenient in getting to know Yichang, while upgrading a comprehensive, efficient and authoritative cultural tourism industry operation monitoring and safety supervision platform.

　　It’s learned that the system will cover more scenic spots. (Reporter: Zhou Hanfei)