Southern ** News (Reporter Li Jie, Ye Qihan, Gao Xiaoping, Cai Huafeng, Huang Kunyuan, Correspondent, Yue Wen Tourism) The author learned from the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (hereinafter referred to as the "Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism") that according to preliminary estimates, 4 days before the Spring Festival holiday in 2024 (February 10 to 13), the 150 key scenic spots included in the monitoring in our province received a total of 929 tourists20,000 person-times, an increase of 23 compared with 20235%；The province's 4A-level and above scenic spots received 1137 tourists80,000 person-times, a year-on-year increase of 238%。
"Fire trees and silver flowers never sleep" is one of the collective memories of Guangzhou people to celebrate the Spring Festival, after 12 years, the fireworks in Baietan, rekindled, so that many citizens and tourists are addicted. "It's very shocking, this is the flavor of the year! Mr. Wang, an old Guangzhou native, told the author that he was able to regain the Cantonese New Year custom of "walking on the flower street, watching fireworks, and celebrating the New Year", and this Year of the Dragon was very happy.
According to data from the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, the Spring Festival fireworks display with the theme of "Vibrant Bay Area, New Color Guangzhou" and the drone show with the theme of "Lingnan Rhyme, Chinese Taste, and World Love" attracted more than 10 million people online**. Among them, the Spring Festival fireworks display of "Vibrant Bay Area, New Color Guangzhou" attracted 540,000 citizens and tourists to watch the scene in the reserved viewing area and the surrounding area of Baietan.
In addition, during the Spring Festival, the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism guided all localities to dig deep into the advantages of local characteristic resources, and adopted offline performances, online performances, etc., to launch high-quality theme exhibitions, New Year's customs experience, reading and other activities, cultural centers at all levels in the province held more than 4,600 mass cultural activities, public libraries at all levels held 413 exhibitions, 1,776 reading promotion activities, museums at all levels launched more than 1,000 exhibitions, held more than 200 Spring Festival exhibitions and more than 400 New Year cultural activities.