Lijiang receives 810,700 visitors during Spring Festival

Tourists wearing red coats climb Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang. [Photo/xinhuanet.com.cn]

The Lijiang Airport handled 1,140 takeoffs and landings and its passenger throughput hit 155,000, a 7.42 percent year-on-year increase.

In order to make visitors' experience as pleasant as possible Lijiang arranged at least 1,700 volunteers in the major scenic spots to offer services including route advice, security and provision of drinking water, emergency medicine and roadmaps.

Two law enforcement officers answer enquires and give advice to some tourists. [Photo/xinhuanet.com.cn]

In recent years, problems in its tourist market have taken a toll on Lijiang's reputation as a popular tourist attraction. The city now highlights supervision over the quality of tourist services more than ever.

About 300 people from 100 tourist agencies were divided into four groups to monitor the stores and to follow the tourist buses to check for any offences. They also distributed over 100,000 leaflets, teaching the tourists to defend their interests.

Officers patrolled the roads and worked in shifts on a hotline to deal with complaints in a timely manner. Over 7,700 officers were on duty during the holiday and kept order by resolving people's conflicts and disputes.