Wuxi entertains 8 million visitors during National Day holiday

Various events in Wuxi’s tourist sites attract domestic and foreign visitors during the National Day holiday. [Photo/wxrb.com]

More than 8 million tourists visited local tourist sites in Wuxi, Jiangsu province during the eight-day Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, an increase of 5.2 percent year-on-year, according to local media reports.

The city's tourism revenue for the holiday reached 8.6 billion yuan ($1.3 billion), up 10.4 percent on last year.

Several of Wuxi's biggest tourism resorts organized special activities to attract more visitors during the holiday.

Water Margin City and Three Kingdoms City, both famous as bases for shooting movies and TV shows, organized several live-action recreations of famous shows and other cultural performances to attract TV fans.

Mount Hui lured tourists with a grand chrysanthemum exhibition, while Wuxi Zoo organized cute animal shows to draw in more visitors.

Resorts in rural locations prepare for visitors. [Photo/wxrb.com]

A noticeable trend this year was the rising popularity of self-catered tourism and trips to rural locations.

Yangxian, a quiet tourist resort in Yixing, a small county-level city near the banks of Taihu Lake, reported an average occupancy rate of 90 percent during the holiday.

The government stepped up its security and emergency response capabilities throughout the holiday to ensure visitors enjoyed a safe and pleasant environment in Wuxi during their stay.