Last night, the Wujiaochang business district in Yangpu District ushered in a large flow of passengers, and the picture shows the traffic police directing traffic at the scene. Photo by reporter Zhao Lirong.
The reporter learned from the Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism yesterday that according to the data of Shanghai's tourism big data monitoring, the city received 718 tourists during the New Year's Day holiday160,000 person-times, a year-on-year increase of 1627%；Achieve tourism consumption 1180.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24%;The average room occupancy rate of hotels and hostels was 60%, a year-on-year increase of 24%. During the New Year's Day holiday, Shanghai launched a series of welcome activities with the theme of "Fun in Shanghai to Welcome the New Year", including 22 key cultural and tourism activities in 6 sections, including climbing new heights, watching the sunrise, running for the New Year, hitting the evening bell, searching for the dragon, and watching lanterns. Among them, the "First Tour of the New Year" attracted the first inbound tour group of the New Year from Singapore, Malaysia and other countries and regions to participate in the theme activity of "Welcoming Inbound Tourists and Hitting the Longhua Evening Bell".More than 40 foreign friends from 13 countries and regions participated in the 18th Shanghai Sheshan New Year's Day Climbing EventThere is also a group of foreign tourists watching the sunrise on the beach in Jinshanzui Fishing Village, and these activities together help Shanghai build the "first stop" of China's inbound tourism. The theme activity of "Fun in Shanghai to Welcome the New Year" also brought new growth to urban consumption. For example, the Shanghai Citizens' New Year's Day Climbing Health Run held in the Oriental Pearl Pearl, the series of activities to welcome the first ray of sunshine of the new year launched in Lingang Dishui Lake and the Shanghai Tower Sightseeing Hall, the series of activities of "Fun in Shanghai, Dragon Hunting", and the series of activities with the theme of "Dragon Teng Yuyue, Good Luck Every Year" created by Yu Garden** all meet the diversified tourism needs and empower the new growth of urban consumption through festival activities.
Author: Zhang Tianchi.
Text: Zhang Tianchi Editor: Fan Jing.
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