Has Jiuzhaigou, the Sichuan earthquake scenic spot, been affected?

In Sichuan "5? 6? Jiuzhaigou, a famous world heritage in Sichuan, was one of the "lucky ones" in the "1 12" Wenchuan earthquake. However, due to road interruption and other reasons, Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area is still closed to group tourists. The head of Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area Administration said in an interview on June 16 that Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area is expected to reopen to tourists this summer.

It is understood that in this earthquake, Jiuzhaigou landscape and hundreds of hotels in Goukou were not affected by the earthquake. However, due to the complete destruction of the road from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou, Jiuzhaigou, which should be in the tourist season, is almost inaccessible to tourists.

"Although there are only dozens of individual travelers every day, the staff of the Administration keep on working every day." Feng Gang, deputy director of Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area Administration, said.

"According to the normal situation, May and June are the tourist season in Jiuzhaigou every year. Six or seven thousand people come to visit Jiuzhai Wonderland every day. " Feng Gang told reporters.

Huang Hai, manager of Sichuan Western Holiday Travel Agency, said: "A certain number of tourists will travel to Sichuan during the school holidays in July and August this year, and many tourists will fly to Jiuzhaigou in September."

It is reported that in order to get Jiuzhaigou scenic spot out of the shadow of the earthquake quickly, Jiuzhaigou will take a series of measures to restore the popularity of tourists. Lin Jiashui, deputy director of the marketing department of Jiuzhaigou Tourism Bureau, said: "Jiuzhaigou will first adjust its target market. As the western expressway is blocked, it will take a long time to get through. In the near future, efforts should be made to expand the number of tourists who travel to Jiuzhai by plane. "

"In addition to Chengdu, Chongqing and other cities, we will also strive for the support of the National Tourism Administration and the Sichuan Provincial Tourism Administration to open up other cities with direct flights to Jiuhuang Airport."

Lin Jiashui also said: "In addition, we are negotiating with five-star hotels, airlines and travel agencies to launch preferential routes. This kind of clear price tag and package discount is conducive to the rapid start of the post-disaster tourism market. "

It is understood that in order to restore popularity, Jiuzhaigou will also innovate its product system and actively explore the Lanzhou-Hongyuan-Jiuzhaigou tourist route in Gansu Province when the highways in Wenchuan and Maoxian are blocked, so that tourists can have a special experience from the plain to the grassland and then to the alpine valley.

On June 18, a volunteer of psychological education in Hong Kong passed by Jiuzhaigou after the earthquake and photographed the extraordinarily peaceful scenery. The Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan did not destroy Jiuzhaigou, 400 kilometers away. The tourist facilities in the scenic spot are as perfect as ever. Before the end of June, some travel agencies will resume group tours, mainly through air and bypass roads in Gansu and Sichuan provinces. At present, some individual travelers are received every day. China News Agency issued Jia photo

China News Service, Jiuzhaigou, June 19. Question: Officials answered questions: Jiuzhaigou scenic spot is in urgent need of recovery after the disaster.

China News Service reporter Wang Zumin

In the tourist season, Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area, as a world natural heritage and a world biosphere reserve, is a treasure. Wenchuan earthquake not only caused great losses to people's lives and property in the disaster area, but also caused millions of dollars in economic losses to this tourist resort every day.

Recently, our reporter made a special trip to Jiuzhaigou. This famous scenic spot with the reputation of "fairyland on earth" and "fairy tale world" is still elegant and graceful. But in the loneliness without applause, the colorful Haizi Lake and the calcified waterfall flowing down are more beautiful and heartbreaking.

"At this time in previous years, Jiuzhaigou received more than 1.8 million tourists every day, but since the earthquake, the number of individual tourists in the scenic spot can only be counted in ten or even single digits, and the ticket loss alone has reached more than 20 million, and nearly 30,000 employees in the scenic spot have lost their jobs." Wang Qiang, director of the marketing department of Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area Administration, said helplessly.

It is estimated that the Wenchuan earthquake will cause Jiuzhaigou scenic spot to lose 450 million yuan in ticket revenue this year, and the economic loss of the whole region will reach 80 to10 billion.

Regarding the safety problem of Jiuzhaigou, which is most concerned by travel agencies and tourists, Wang Qiang said positively: "I guarantee in the name of the scenic spot that there is no problem with the safety and hygiene of Jiuzhaigou at present."

Lin Jiashui, deputy director of the Marketing Department of Jiuzhaigou Scenic Administration, introduced the situation of the scenic spot during the earthquake: the office building of Jiuzhaigou Scenic Administration had a strong earthquake, but the house was not damaged. There is a small amount of gravel rolling down on the high mountain in the scenic spot. At that time, there were about 5,000 tourists in the scenic spot, most of whom were exercising, and the feeling was not obvious.

After the earthquake, the staff of the administration quickly entered the ditch to maintain order and evacuate tourists, with no casualties or property losses. Subsequently, the Administration immediately sent personnel from protection, management, safety and other departments into the ditch to inspect various scenic spots, roads along the way, plank roads and guardrails, and found no major losses and hidden dangers. A small guardrail in Laohuhai was damaged by stones and has been replaced in time.

Aftershocks did not affect the scenic spot. Except for the first minor damage report, the daily report of the Administration on all earthquakes of Aba Prefecture Government and Tourism Bureau is zero.

Lin Jiashui introduced: After the earthquake, Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area has not received tour groups, but there are still a small number of individual tourists. Based on the principle of "tourists first", Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area remains open.

Due to the small number of tourists, most scenic spots and surrounding service industries are closed, so a small number of individual travelers may go to places that may be slightly inconvenient. However, the scenic spot administration and the surrounding service industries are on standby. Once the passenger flow increases, all supporting services and related entertainment projects will be fully restored.

At present, the air route to Jiuzhaigou is unblocked. Due to the sharp decrease of tourists after the earthquake, there are only two flights from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou, but the Administration has reached an agreement with airlines that the number of flights to Jiuzhaigou will increase rapidly once tourism is restored. At this time of last year, there were more than 30 flights to Jiuzhaigou every day.

In addition, the scheduled direct flights from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen this year were also delayed due to the earthquake. Once there are enough tourists, the above direct flights are expected to be opened.

Highway: The west line from Gansu to Jiuzhaigou has been able to operate normally, and the east line from Mianyang to Jiuzhaigou via Jiangyou and Pingwu has been able to pass, but it is still being repaired further to increase the capacity of carrying large traffic. In addition, the relevant departments also released a tourist shuttle bus from Chengdu to Jiuzhaigou via Marcand.

Wang Qiang said that Aba Prefecture was the hardest hit by this devastating earthquake. Jiuzhaigou scenic spot, as a pillar industry in Aba Prefecture, also undertakes the important task of self-help and post-disaster reconstruction in Aba Prefecture. The authorities have considered setting up a special fund for part of the ticket revenue in the future. Therefore, every visitor to Jiuzhaigou, while visiting the beautiful scenery, is also contributing to the post-disaster reconstruction of Aba Prefecture. (End)