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Dai Bin, president of the China Tourism Academy,
estimated that the Spring Festival holiday in 2024 would become a "super
golden week," with high enthusiasm for travel and consumption.
China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism recently
launched a series of 25 Spring Festival-themed activities, covering seven major
categories including popular cultural performances, public service events,
intangible cultural heritage experiences, tourism and leisure consumption,
winter sports and educational trips, cultural and historical exhibitions, as
well as international and domestic celebrations. These activities will offer a
wide range of choices for people to celebrate the Chinese New Year and enjoy a
joyful holiday.
The museum remains an important destination for
offline cultural tours. Statistics show that in 2023, museums across China
received a total of 1.24 billion visits, 2.1 times the number in 2022.
During the Spring Festival holiday in 2024, most
national museums and provincial museums will continue to be open to the public.
In addition to permanent exhibitions, they plan to launch exhibitions themed
with the Year of the Dragon and featured exhibitions.
According to an official with China's National
Cultural Heritage Administration, more than 400 themed exhibitions have been
planned nationwide, including one on the culture of northern Xinjiang and a
digital exhibition on cultural relics about Loong collected by the Shaanxi
History Museum.
Besides, over 1,000 social education and cultural
activities will be hosted, including rubbing experiences and ancient Chinese
music performances. These activities aim to offer a cultural feast to the
audience.
"Since last year, new trends have emerged in
the stage performance market, with many people hitting new destinations to
attend art performances," said Zhang Yi, an official with China's
Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
During the Spring Festival this year, 10 national
art troupes under the direct administration of the Ministry of Culture and
Tourism will hold 204 offline performances, including Peking Opera
masterpieces, dance drama tours, as well as a musical presented by the China
National Theatre for Children.
In addition, Art China and many other
online broadcasting platforms will launch special programs for the Chinese New
Year, showcasing to the audience the splendid achievements and artistic essence
of China's stage arts in the past year.
Apart from enjoying high-quality art performances,
during the holiday, people can also watch videos and livestream, and listen to
Chinese New Year-themed songs on their mobile phones to experience the festive
atmosphere around the world without leaving their homes.
Recently, a livestream event was hosted in Changsha,
central China's Hunan province to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New
Year. It was organized by the China Association of Performing Arts in
collaboration with Douyin, Kuaishou, Tencent Video and other
platforms. By setting up dedicated livestream areas, it allowed netizens to
experience the joyful and peaceful atmosphere of the Spring Festival in the
virtual world.
Various regions in China are leveraging
their unique cultural and tourism resources to launch a diverse range of Spring
Festival travel products.
Jilin, Liaoning, Xinjiang and other places, in
combination with local resources including sports, recreation, hot springs, and
folk activities, have hosted colorful events to mark the Chinese New Year,
featuring a series of ice and snow-themed tourism products and preferential
measures for the public.
Eleven provinces, including Anhui, Jiangxi, Shandong, Hainan,
and Sichuan, have launched study tour activities that focus on the natural
ecological environment as well as regional cultural characteristics. For
example, Sichuan has launched a study tour that introduces the
habitats of pandas, while Shandong is also showcasing the charm of
traditional Chinese etiquette.
The "Happy Chinese New Year" activities
have been held globally for over 20 years, including family day activities held
in the U.S., parades on the Trafalgar Square in the UK, temple fairs in Russia and
a grand temple fair in Egypt.
As the 2024 Spring Festival approaches, the
"Happy Chinese New Year" activities will be organized in nearly 100
countries and regions worldwide, with nearly 500 diverse exchange activities.
In around 20 countries such as the Netherlands, Kazakhstan and New
Zealand, lantern lighting events will take place, spreading the joy and harmony
of the Chinese New Year to the world.
Shi Zeyi, deputy director of the international
exchange and cooperation bureau of China's Ministry of Culture and
Tourism, noted that during the Spring Festival, various tourism promotion
activities will be carried out overseas to encourage domestic enterprises to
launch more culturally rich inbound tourism products, and allow more foreign
tourists to experience the charm of the Spring Festival in China.
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