CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- Recently, Chongqing Winter Tourism Press Conference in 2021 was held in Nanchuan District and the city launched more than 200 special winter cultural tourism activities, which will start since the end of November, so that tourists can fully enjoy the cultural charm with local characteristics while traveling in winter hot spring trip, health resort trip and rural new year trip.

Planned a total of more than 80 tourism routes and issued a number of preferential policies

Chongqing planed more than 80 tourism routes including winter hot spring trip, health resort trip and rural new year trip, leisure ancient town trip, adventure experience trip and others. At the conference, Banan District, Nanchuan District, Fengdu County, Shizhu County and Wuxi respectively promoted their winter tourism activities.

You can go to Nanchuan District to enjoy the snow of Jinfo Mountain, Tianxing Hot Spring, Nanchuan East Street and Jinfo Mountain Sheep Soup; you can go to Wuxi County to experience the rural new year's festival tour in Hongchiba, enjoy the snow in Hongchiba, live in special homestays, pick local vegetables and buy goods for the Spring Festival; you can go to Banan District to enjoy the original hot spring tour, visit the hot spring town, Fengsheng Ancient Town, and listen to the Mudong folk songs; you can also go to Shizhu County to visit Dafengbao and Qianye Pasture, and ourchase Zhongyi Honey…

In order to attract more tourists to enjoy the scenery of the mountain city, and enjoy the snow and hot springs, Chongqing released the winter preferential policies, including a variety of ski packages in Jinfo Mountain, free admission to Xiushan Grade-A Scenic Spot, preferential policies of scenic spots introduced for residents and workers from Shandong and other areas with joint assistance, on-line booking preferential activities, and scenic spot annual card and so on provided by Banan District and Nanchuan District; “one-yuan tour” admission discount activities launched by Hongchiba Scenic Spot; and customized preferential policies launched by Wansheng, Wulong and Fuli for citizens for the coordinated development of “one district and two groups”.

Recommended counties and routes of winter tourism products

Recommendation I: Nanchuan District

Quality tourist routes recommended in winter:

(I) One-day ice and snow experience at Jinfo Mountain

Nanchuan East Street – West Gate of Jinfo Mountain Scenic Spot - take the cableway (enjoy soft rimes) – visit Golden Tortoise Morning Sun (enjoy snow field and clouds) – Qianniuping Ski Resort (enjoy adventure and excitements) – Jinfo Temple – Jinfo Mountain North Slope Ski Resort (enjoy charm of snow park) – Ancient Buddha Cave (feel the shock of the “cosmic dome” inside the cave) – Buddha Worshiping Platform at Jinfo Mountain (Grand Sleeping Buddha) (experience the charm of the world natural heritage and winter snow)

(II) Two-day winter hot spring tour at Jinfo Mountain

D1: Nanchuan East Street (Experience the epitome of Nanchuan’s old days) – North Gate of Jinfo Mountain Scenic Spot – Buddha Worshiping Platform at Jinfo Mountain (Grand Sleeping Buddha) – Ancient Buddha Cave – enjoy sheep soup– live in Hilltop Hotel

D2: Jinfo Mountain Ziyange (enjoy soft rimes, morning sun and clouds) – Jinfo Mountain Snow Playing Resort and Ski Resort (experience Yaochiba Snow Playing Resort, North Slope Ski Resort, Qianniuping Ski Resort, with a total area of 80,000 square meters) – Jinfo Temple – Golden Tortoise Morning Sun – Tianxing Hot Spring Town (enjoy hot spring and leisure time, stroll around the town and try some authentic Nanchuan food, such as bamboo shoots, ox head banquet and copper pot instant-boiled mutton)

(III) Three-day urban and rural tour in Nanchuan District

Nanchuan East Street (experience the epitome of Nanchuan’s old days) – North Gate of Jinfo Mountain Scenic Spot – Buddha Worshiping Platform at Jinfo Mountain (Grand Sleeping Buddha) – Ancient Buddha Cave – enjoy sheep soup pot – live in Hilltop Hotel

D2: Jinfo Mountain Ziyange (enjoy soft rimes, morning sun and clouds) – Jinfo Mountain Snow Playing Resort and Ski Resort (experience Yaochiba Snow Playing Resort, North Slope Ski Resort, Qianniuping Ski Resort, with a total area of 80,000 square meters) – Jinfo Temple – Golden Tortoise Morning Sun – Tianxing Hot Spring Town (enjoy hot spring and leisure time, stroll around the town and try some authentic Nanchuan food, such as bamboo shoots, ox head banquet and copper pot instant-boiled mutton) – live in Tianxing Liangjiang Holiday Inn

D3: Shenlong Gorge – Daguan Origin – enjoy Sichuan army live-action performance – Lixiang Lake Wetland Park (canoeing and lure fishing)

Recommendation II: Banan District

Route I: hot spring tour

Downtown area – East Hot Spring (visit the most beautiful landscape hot spring town in China, soak in the hot spring with the best mineral water quality, and enjoy Guanjingkou reservoir ecological fish) – Fengsheng Ancient Town (visit special watchtower, and experience folk customs) – Mudong Ancient Town (visit Mudong River Street, enjoy Mudong folk songs, and live in riverside homestay) – downtown area

Route II: landscape health tour

Downtown area – Yunzhuan Mountain (visit farmyard and enjoy idyllic time) – Andover Ocean Park (explore the underwater world) – South Hot Spring (Jianwen Peak, red culture and historical hot springs) – Babin Road Xiliutuo Town (visit town and enjoy special food) – downtown area

Route III: homestay tour

Downtown area – Tianping Mountain Yunlintianxiang (enjoy flowers and tea) – Tianxin Temple (view millennia-old trees, and live in a large-courtyard homestay) – Nanpeng Sub-district (enjoy one-day leisure at a high-level homestay) – downtown area

Route IV: countryside tour

Downtown area – visit Longxia Film and Television Base (the nearest mountain valley scenic area in Chongqing, 5D glass gallery bridge which is breathtaking, and the ten views in the Gorge) – Taxus Chinensis Village (enjoy taxus chinensis, dendrobe, and special medicinal chicken soup) – colorful forest (visit 3D field art, national forest health base, and enjoy that “the Peacock Flies to the Southeast”) – East Hot Spring Wudou Hill or Wilderness Park Homestay (experience a country tour) – downtown area

Recommendation III: Fengdu County

Fengdu County has long been known as the "Ghost City", rich in unique tourism resources, with the first batch of national scenic spots renowned at home and abroad, famous mountain and 4A scenic spots. There are many scenic spots such as Lantian Lake National Tourist Resort with alpine lakes, Xueyudong 4A Scenic Spot named as “The Most Beautiful Cave in China”, Jiuchongtian 4A Scenic Spot, Shuanggui Mountain National Forest Park, Longhe National Demonstration River and Lake, Niuqian Gorge Rafting and so on.

1. Ice and snow tour

Route: Lantian Lake Ice and Snow Park – Lantian Lake Ski Resort – Xueyu Mountain

Route II: Wulong Fairy Mountain – Lantian Lake Ice and Snow Park – Lantian Lake Ski Resort

2. Cultural tour – famous mountains and scenic spots of Fuling Baiheliang Ghost City – Shuanggui Mountain National Forest Park – Xiaoguanshan Fork Culture Garden

3. Health tour – Lantian Lake National Resort Area – Xueyu Mountain Health Resort Area

4. Happy tour – Jiuchongtian Scenic Spot – Xueyudong Scenic Spot (Translated by Liu Hongyan, Fathom Language Limited)