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National Day holiday brings Wenjiang tourism revenues of $16m

Wenjiang district in the city of Chengdu saw more than 1 million tourists from China and abroad come for a visit during the week-long National Day holiday and bring in more than 100 million yuan ($16 million) in revenues, a 28.5-percent increase year-on-year.

During this year’s golden week, three features highlighted Wenjiang’s tourism industry.

First, several museums in Wenjiang, including the Wenjiang Museum, Teddy Bear Museum, Longteng Hotpot Museum, and Raidy Boer Dress Culture Museum, have been opening for free or at a preferential price from Oct 1 to 14. In addition, visitors can participate in various activities held at those museums during this period.

The Teddy Bear Museum opens at the International Sports City in Wenjiang district of Chengdu, Sichuan province. The Museum has a collection of more than 1000 Teddy Bears. [Photo/Xinhua]
Second, there are more than 4,200 officially approved rural home inns in Chengdu, among which nearly 200 are of starred-hotel level. Chengdu plans to develop the small scaled and scattered rural home inns into an integrated large rural tourism area. The tourism authorities in Chengdu cooperate with agriculture departments to launch more projects such as leisure agriculture to attract more tourists.

Third, enriching local tourism products in Wenjiang, the first theme park allowing entrance to pets in southwestern China – Floraland Pet Paradise – opened to the public on Oct 1, and has become a hot new tourism destination. Meanwhile, hotels in Wenjiang have been launching promotions, offering tourists a more affordable trip.

Roller coaster at the "Amusement Park of the Floraland". [Photo/wenjiang.gov.cn]

Thanks to security precautions, no accidents occurred in the tourist attractions in Wenjiang during the golden week.

By Shi Zihan and edited by Brian Salter