Beautiful hand-drawn bus check-in map overview

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- When it come to tour in Chongqing, in addition to Hongyadong, Yangtze River Cableway to feel the unique charm of the mountain city, in fact, you can also take the bus to visit more Chongqing tourist attractions. During May Day this year, a tourist from Xiamen, Mr. Ding, after returning to Xiamen from a tour in Chongqing, called the Liangjiang Bus Company of Chongqing Transportation Development and Investment Bus Group to make suggestions: Travelling around Chongqing by bus offers a whole new experience for tourists, so why not introduce a bus tour map of Chongqing. Mr. Ding’s words gave the bus company a great inspiration. Through nearly a month of survey and drawing, the company has completed this “Travel Guide of 181 Bus Routes in Chongqing”, which was officially launched recently.

Visitors can understand Chongqing from multiple perspectives

A few days ago, the reporter contacted Mr. Ding, he told reporters that he is 27 years old, working in a foreign enterprise. He has been a fan of Chongqing for many years. May Day this year, he came to travel around Chongqing “in depth” travel for five days.

The so-called depth, is that he made an interesting route guide. This route guide, with the main attractions of Chongqing as the point, takes the rail transit, bus as the carrier. On his first day in Chongqing, he went to take CRT Line 2, which is extremely popular on the Internet, but he found that if we really want to understand Chongqing, we have to take the bus to travel through the hustle and bustle of the central urban area.

On May 3, after visiting Chaotianmen and Chongqing Raffles City, Mr. Ding and his lover accidentally saw a No. 181 bus heading to the Lieshimu. “We decided to take this bus to travel around,” Mr. Ding said, after getting on the bus, the driver introduced him enthusiastically to the attractions to be passed on the way, “I just learned that I could visit the Chongqing Auditorium, Ciqikou, Mafangwan Qicaixiang, Lieshimu, Zhazidong, and Baigongguan directly by this bus; it’s so convenient.”

In the remaining two days in Chongqing, Mr. Ding took the No. 181 bus and other lines of buses several times to visit almost all the attractions of Chongqing. After returning to Xiamen, Mr. Ding shared his Chongqing travel experience with his friends, many of whom also asked him for route guide. “I like Chongqing, and I hope that more tourists will come to Chongqing, so I also hope that the bus company can be keen on it … so that tourists of Chongqing will not only understand Chongqing from many perspectives, but also learn about the life of Chongqing people from many angles,” Mr. Ding said.

Travelling Map drawn up in one month

Mr. Ding’s suggestion gave the No.181 bus a great inspiration. Liangjiang Bus Company Shapingba Branch of Chongqing Transportation Development and Investment Bus Group decided to learn from Mr. Ding’s suggestions and explore the tourism features beyond the line in depth. First of all, through visits and understanding of tourists, travelers and other aspects, they found that the bus line links up attractions including Raffles City, Chaotianmen, Yangtze River Cableway, Luohansi, Jiefangbei, People's Auditorium, Hong’ensi, Ciqikou, Mafangwan Qicaixiang, as well as Lieshimu, Zhazidong and Baigongguan.

“Look, Chongqing Hotel is just a 200-meter walk to Xiaoshizi, so it’s really convenient to travel by bus.” “When walking from Linjiangmen to Jiefangbei, you can see the places that have changed the most in Chongqing over the years.” “The uniqueness of the auditorium building has attracted many students studying architecture as well as many heritage enthusiasts.” … Drivers have received a lot of feedback from the routes, which show that more tourists are traveling on No.181.

The second step is to draw up the map. The person in charge of the company told reporters that at first, after the dispatcher Yan Zhiping of No. 181 bus drew up the first hand-drawn draft of the map, employees Wang Dong upgraded the map through computer software into a hand-drawn computer version. With the bus line stopping points, after a month of multiple revisions, this “Travel Guide of 181 Bus Routes in Chongqing” was finally completed.

It is learned that in order to promote this map in an environmentally friendly way, visitors can take pictures after getting on the bus to facilitate their travels, and no paper version of the map will be provided for the time being. Next, the bus company will adopt the scanning of the QR code to facilitate the positioning of the tour, providing more convenience for passengers. (Translated by Wang Junli, Fathom Language Limited)