Published on : Monday, October 8, 2018
The report by lvmama.com, a domestic tourism e-commerce website, disclosed that the holiday spots where red culture and natural scenery mix together are attracting tourists worldwide.
New sites with historical importance become a good place for mature tourists to look back and young people to get an idea about the history, the report said.
To draw tourists, authorities have slashed ticket price for few of its red tourist destinations starting in June. Beijing, with the greatest concentration of red tourist attractions, also provides 20 red tour themed routes for tourists to choose.
Chinese students and young enthusiasts are the prime force visiting military-themed attractions like theme-parks, erstwhile battle sites, and military museums as the government endorses red tourism for patriotic education.
As per the latest report from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, in the initial part of 2018, 484 million people explored 436 classic red tourist attractions all over China, totaling 17.13 percent of the number of domestic tourists.
As per the Beijing News, over 1.3 billion people visited red tourist attraction last year, equal to the total population of China and accounting for 26.5 percent of domestic visitors. This was the highest number of red tourists in the past decade. Statistics for this year are not available, but are expected to be even higher.
Tags: Red tourism