On the evening of May 5, the Anhui Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism announced that during this year’s May Day holiday, visitor arrivals and tourism spending in our province rose by 10.5% and 11.4% year-on-year, both reaching historic highs.

It is reported that during the May Day period, province-wide visitor arrivals and tourism spending rose by 10.5% and 11.4% year-on-year respectively. A-level tourist attractions received 16.866 million visits, with ticket revenue of 240 million yuan. Of these, 5A attractions received 2.087 million visits (up 15% year-on-year) and generated 110 million yuan in ticket revenue (up 16.4% year-on-year). Huangshan Scenic Area saw 147,000 visits; Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area saw 234,000 visits; Tianzhu Mountain Scenic Area saw 187,000 visits; and the Southern Anhui Ancient Villages (Xidi and Hongcun) saw 172,000 visits.

In Hefei, twelve new cultural-tourism projects opened, and 28,000 visitors explored the Hechai 1972 Creative Park’s Yuan Xiao’ao Magic Bookstore, enjoying a fusion of literary ambience and cutting-edge technology. Shushan Dream Moon Island and other sites became new check-in landmarks. Anqing’s Dananmen Cultural Street officially opened, with lion dance parades and cultural markets attracting 277,000 visitors. Bengbu’s full-sensory VR project “Meet the Classic of Mountains and Seas” deeply integrates regional culture and modern technology, offering visitors a uniquely novel experience.

At the lakeside teahouse in Zhongmiao, Chaohu, folk music performances, Hanfu flower-pin workshops, and handicraft activities welcomed 52,000 tourists. Wuhu’s Maren Qifeng Scenic Area staged a “robot” performance troupe, driving a 29.2% year-on-year increase in visitors. Tianmen Mountain launched its first “Tianmen Mountain in the Textbook” live restoration project, receiving 60,000 visits. Chizhou’s Dawang Cave Scenic Area created China’s first “Journey to the West” digital light-and-shadow karst cave, boosting attendance by 77% year-on-year.

The inaugural China Xinjiang Folk Art Season’s outstanding program tour visited Ma’anshan’s Caishiji and Wuhu’s Jiuzi Bay scenic spots, attracting over 100,000 visitors to immerse themselves in ethnic culture. Huaibei’s Old Power Plant Industrial Museum introduced immersive experiences like Time Film and AI costume-swap, with its online reservation channels fully booked at all times. Emerging new formats—trendy markets, mountain cafés, and camping bases—gained popularity, and low-altitude tours at Qinglong Bay in Ningguo and Luogang Park in Hefei, along with paragliding in Shexian County, drew large crowds eager to experience the thrill of “walking in the clouds.”

Source: Anhui Business Daily