Many People Take Cruise Ships to Visit Yueyang
On July 3, a passenger surnamed Liu arrived in Yueyang by taking the luxury cruise ship "Century Legend" running from Shanghai to Chongqing. Mr. Liu visited Yueyang Tower in the rain and was full of praise for the beauty of Baling landscape.
More than 400 passengers traveled from the east China to Yueyang by the cruise that day. They disembarked at Chenglingji Port and visited Yueyang Tower, Junshan Island, and Bianhe Street.
When trips to the Three Gorges dam began again this year, the Yueyang municipal culture and tourism department has traveled to Shanghai, Chongqing, and Chengdu to cooperate with cruise companies and group travel agencies, and invited them to visit scenic spots and port in Yueyang. The culture and tourism department also coordinated with maritime, port, shipping lane and other departments to provide high-quality services for the navigation safety of cruise ships. The maritime department specially invited experts and professors from Wuhan University of Technology to provide implementation plans for Chenglingji upgrading and transformation and the implementation plans have passed expert review.
High-quality services and picturesque scenery have attracted many cruise companies to visit Yueyang. The "Century Legend" cruise ship operates 24 voyages throughout the year, which will bring Yueyang a huge source of tourists from the east China and southwest China. Currently there are four cruise companies opening Chongqing-Shanghai, Chongqing-Wuhan, Chongqing-Jiujiang, and Yueyang-Wuhan tourist routes in Yueyang. It is expected that one hundred cruise ships will stop at Chenglingji Port this year, which will bring 100,000 tourists to Yueyang.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Yueyang municipal culture and tourism department, passengers of large-scale luxury cruise ships on the Yangtze River visit Yueyang Tower and Dongting Lake, which indicates that the influence of Yueyang¡¯s tourist attractions is increasing. There will be more domestic and foreign tourists visiting Dongting Lake by ship in the future. It is of great significance to building Yueyang into a well-known tourist destination at home and abroad.
Translator: Xiao Juan
Chinese source: yueyang.gov.cn