“Chinese Yangtze River Cruise first share” of the Chongqing Century Cruise Co., Ltd launched the Jingzhou as the Initial Voyage In March. In the afternoon of the 11th, “Century Diamond” Cruise which are fully loaded with 262 Canadian tourists landed in Jingzhou for the first time. The tourists will be fully immersed in Jing and Chu culture.
About 20 thousand tourists at abroad and sea newly increased annually in Jingzhou
“After the launching of the first voyage, everything will be normalized. From now on, at least one cruise, in which the tourists are all foreigners, will be go back and forth from Jingzhou harbor”. If we make the calculation that there will be 250 persons on every cruise, our city will embrace another 20 thousand tourists at abroad and sea annualy, which will accelerate the economic growth of Jingzhou’s tourism.
Previously, the cruises of the company stop at Yichang, Wuhan, Shanghai etc., Jingzhou is just a stopover. If the cruise advances towards the down streams, it will stop at Jingzhou for 5 hours; while when advances towards the up streams, it will not stop. Tourists can make a brief visit to a few scenery spots ashore then return to the cruise. During the voyage, the tourists will not be changed and the tourist batch is hardly changing.
In December of last year, a framework agreement, which planed to put forward a special route to launch the Jingzhou initial voyage, was signed between this company and our city. All items including swimming pool, club, cinema, coffee house, dance hall etc. are all available. The “Century Diamond” known as the “Moving five-star hotel” becomes the first choice.
“Century Diamond” Cruise departures from Jingzhou once a week
The launching of Jingzhou Initial Voyage means that Jingzhou will be the initial harbor. The tourists start from Wuhan by bus or high speed rail to Jingzhou and then to Chongqing, or from Chongqing by cruise to Jingzhou then to Wuhan by plane, all the tourists can be evacuated form Jingzhou no matter embarking or disembarking. The tourist batch changes, the tourists double and their stay enlarges, which will further vitalize the overseas tourist market of Jingzhou.
From now on, “Century Diamond” Cruise will departures from Jingzhou once a week, the tourist time will be as long as 5 days, and the price is 3000 Yuan/person.
“With the acceleration of opening and development of the Yangtze River Economic Zone, the tourist resources of the middle and lower reaches are increasingly the concern of the tourist company, the tourist market is heating up and the needs is robust”. Jingzhou Chu culture and Three Kingdoms culture have a long history and has strong affinity in the European & American markets. The company takes the “Century Diamond” Cruise as the special route voyage from Chongqing to Jingzhou, which is conducive to the promotion of Jing and Chu culture and the Jingzhou tourism to the globe.