During the long holiday of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day this year, Shantou introduced a variety of cultural tourism products. Coupled with the featured tags such as delicious food, intangible cultural heritage, Ancient Town Qilou (Arcade), and coastal scenery, which enjoyed a high reputation, Shantou’s tourism popularity continued to be high.

According to statistics from Shantou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports, during the holiday of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day, Shantou’s 16 national scenic areas at the level of Grade 1A and above received a total of 1,844,316 tourists, an increase of 26.15% over the previous year. Among others, they received 1,424,114 tourists in the first 5 days of the holiday, an increase of 39.79% over the previous year. The 39 public cultural venues included in Shantou municipal monitoring received a total of 645,068 tourists, an increase of 45.5% over the previous year. Shantou’s tourism revenue during the holiday reached RMB 3.149 billion, an increase of 100.83% over the previous year.

Source:Shantou Daily, Oct 8, 2023

　　“双节”汕头旅游收入逾31亿元

　　今年中秋国庆长假期间，我市推出形式多样的文旅产品，加上广受好评的美食、非遗、老城骑楼、滨海风光等特色标签，汕头旅游热度持续维持在高位。

　　据市文化广电旅游体育局统计，中秋国庆假期，全市16家A级旅游景区累计接待游客1844316人，比增26.15%。其中，假期前5天接待游客1424114人，比增39.79%。全市纳入监测的39家公共文化场所累计接待市民游客645068人，比增45.5%。旅游收入31.49亿元，同比增长100.83%。

来源：汕头日报 2023-10-8