On February 24th, although the Spring Festival is coming to an end, the roads of Guangyuan to Jianmen Gate and Zhaohua Ancient Town were still busy and the scenic spots were also crowded with people. Reporters learned from Guangyuan Municipal Development and Reform Committee of Tourism that during the Spring Festival, there were 1.498 tourists in Guangyuan, increasing 25.4%. Meanwhile, the tourism revenue amounted to 61.23628 million yuan in total, a year-on-year growth of 43.64%. The tourism of Guangyuan achieved a good start in 2015.

     Different from previous years, Guangyuan tourism displayed with a new characteristic, wisdom tourism. 12301 tourism service hotline was opened and provide multiple services to about 180 people during the Spring Festival including offering advice, food and accommodation reservation, and reception and so on. After Jianmen Gate Wisdom Scenic Spot was finished, the whole spot achieved a full coverage of free WIFI so that tourists could enjoy convenient and fast network service. Over 30% tickets of the main scenic spot in Guangyuan were reserved online. Besides, the online reservation of major hotels exceeded 50%. The online and offline transactions of tourism products reached 20%.
     
     Besides, counties, districts and scenic spots of Guangyuan held colorful Spring Festival folk activities in combination with local characteristics to attract a large number of tourists to stay overnight. According to statistics, during the Spring Festival, the number of tourists who stayed overnight in Guangyuan amounted to 420,600, increasing 42.48%.