A group of 32 tourists from Anhui province has arrived in Yichang at around 17:00 on July 20 to take a two days and one night trip, which is not only the first tour group from outside the Hubei province after the resumption of interprovincial travel but also a formal “reboot” of interprovincial tour group in Yichang.

　　“The first tour group to Yichang is mainly in the form of small groups, taking the ‘Two Dams and One Gorge’ as their cruise routes. Epidemic prevention and control measures will be strictly enforced during the tour, such as showing health code and serving of individual dishes. Meanwhile, all tour guides must pass nucleic acid test and focus on tourist’s physical condition,” said Wang Jiali, who is thedeputy general manager of the Yichang Yilv Holiday Travel Serviceand in charge of the interprovincial tour.

　　According to the Notice of Promoting the Resumption of Work and Business of Tourist Enterprises issued by the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism on July 17, all travel agencies and online travel enterprises in Hubei province will resume interprovincial package tour and the business of “Air Ticket and Hotel Reservation” from now on. This good news is like a booster, greatly boosting the confidence of travel agencies, online travel agencies and scenic spots.

　　Reportedly, in order to facilitate the resumption of cultural tourism industry after the outbreak, the Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism introduces multi-channel measures for market recovery. All kinds of tourism promotion activities oriented by “healthy and safe tour” are actively conducted, which includes the issuance of “Yi Kang Le” consumption coupons, free tourism activities of “Gratitude to Medical Staff”, the release of healthy travel evaluation index to A class scenic spots and rural tourist attractions in Yichang, the Omnimedia publicity of “All is Well; Having Fun in Yichang” for the resumption of cultural tourism industry and so on. At the same time, the majority of travel agencies, hotels, scenic spots also energetically carry out corresponding activities to self-rescue and promote a stable and healthy recovery of cultural tourism industry in Yichang through drumming up business online and selling goods via live stream.(Reporter Wang Ying, trainee reporter Shen Yuan, correspondent Zhou Yong)