CCTV news:The voyage on the water reflects the holiday, and the data reflects the vitality. The October 3 issue of “Holiday China in Numbers” allows us to experience the vigorous vitality of the water economy during the holidays from the details of each boat.
From rivers to lakes, from rivers to oceans, every voyage measures the true temperature of holiday consumption.
Paddle for 25 kilometers and set off romantic holiday fireworks
West Lake is crowded with tourists during the National Day holiday. A day in the life of Wu Guanghua, a rowing boatman, starts with the first oar in the morning. One trip takes about two hours and covers a distance of about 5 kilometers. During the holidays, he makes five trips a day. The total planned trip is about 25 kilometers, which is equivalent to walking around the West Lake two and a half times. Between the loosening and tightening of the oars, romantic holiday fireworks are swaying.
5,000 punting times, the holiday rhythm of bamboo rafting in Xixinan
Among the green water and green mountains, a small boat moves forward slowly. The holiday rhythm of Xixinan, Huangshan Mountain, Anhui Province is hidden in every punt made by the boatman. During this holiday season, the boatmen made an average of 17 punt trips and more than 5,000 punt trips every day. The workload was four times that of usual times.
Nearly ten thousand people sailed at night on the “top flow” of the Qinhuai River
As night falls over Jinling, the ten-mile Qinhuai River shines brightly. During the National Day holiday, Qinhuai Painting Boat ushered in the peak passenger flow of the year. From 6:30 to 9:00 every night, an average of more than 30 tourists board the boat and enter the river every minute. There are more than 380 boat departures throughout the night, all sailing at full capacity, and can receive up to nearly 10,000 tourists. This volume is equivalent to the number of spectators at a large indoor event. Boat after boat carries visitors from all directions, making the thousands of years of Jinling’s fireworks lively and alive in the water waves.
Hard-core data of the Three Gorges Ship Lift, which is nearly 38 stories high
From the Qinhuai River to the golden waterway of the Yangtze River, have you ever unlocked the experience of the “water elevator”? On the two dams and one gorge route in Yichang, Hubei, the Three Gorges ship lift lifted vertically 113 meters in a single step, which is equivalent to the height of a 38-story ordinary residential building, and staged a shocking scene of a 10,000-ton ship “taking an elevator” over the dam. On October 2, the Three Gorges Ship Lift realized two-way traffic for five vessels, and the number of tourists taking the cruise ship was equivalent to the passenger capacity of six full high-speed trains.
1,000 dishes are brought on board, a taste bud journey at sea
On October 1, the cruise ship Aida Mordu departed from Shanghai with more than 4,000 passengers on a 7-day and 6-night National Day themed cruise.
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