How big is Xinjiang? Is it safe to travel to Xinjiang?

In terms of data, Xinjiang covers an area of ??1.66 million square kilometers, which is roughly equivalent to 16 Zhejiang Provinces. This means that when you travel to Xinjiang, you must decide on your destination. Otherwise, your revenge trip may become revenge unemployment.

Xinjiang is geographically divided into southern Xinjiang and northern Xinjiang. South Xinjiang is south of the Tianshan Mountains, and northern Xinjiang is north of the Tianshan Mountains. It is roughly divided from Turpan.

The scenery in both areas is very unique. It is said that southern Xinjiang is about the culture and northern Xinjiang is about the scenery. For ordinary tourists, most of Xinjiang’s beautiful scenery is concentrated in northern Xinjiang.

Why do you say ordinary tourists? The main reason is also the length of the journey. Taking Urumqi as the starting point, it will circle 2,600 kilometers around northern Xinjiang.

It is 700 kilometers from Urumqi to Yining. And along the Tianshan Mountains, the distance between various scenic spots is about 300 kilometers. The famous Kanas, Hemu, Sailimu Lakes, as well as Ili and Nalati prairie are all in northern Xinjiang. If you go to Xinjiang or northern Xinjiang, you can feel the beautiful scenery of Xinjiang.

If you are traveling through southern Xinjiang, a circle around southern Xinjiang is 5,600 kilometers. Counting your vacation, where can you go? If you have that many vacations, you are definitely not your average tourist.

Based on travel fatigue. It takes 10 days to travel around Northern Xinjiang and give you plenty of rest time. If you travel around southern Xinjiang in 10 days, it will be quite tiring.

Of course, this does not mean that there is nothing to do in Southern Xinjiang. Southern Xinjiang also has beautiful natural scenery, but because the scenic spots are scattered, the time and fare requirements are much higher.

Southern Xinjiang includes Korla, Aksu, Atush, Kashgar, Hotan, and Kezhou. Although it is a route full of customs of Uyghurs, Tajiks and other ethnic minorities, the scenic spots are scattered and the transportation is not as good as in the north. Xinjiang is convenient. For example, Kezhou has neither airplanes nor high-speed rail.

Maybe when visiting southern Xinjiang, people are more willing to focus on Kashgar. However, there are still few travel agencies based in Kashgar, and there are not many travel products that can be planned. Although self-driving locally is also an option, if you do not have rich travel experience in Xinjiang, I still do not recommend that you choose a route blindly.

So the question is back. Traveling to Xinjiang is a good choice. However, after the epidemic is over, northern Xinjiang will obviously be the mainstream for group travel. However, whether Xinjiang’s tourism reception capacity can meet your expectations is still a question mark. For example, on November last year, many friends in the group went to Kanas, but their hotels were canceled and they were in an awkward situation.

Southern Xinjiang, which has fewer tourists, is more suitable for travelers who love Xinjiang’s vast territory and abundant resources to travel on their own, but this also depends on whether you have enough time or decide on a reasonable strategy.

So after the epidemic is over, I suggest that you still consider the situation before traveling. One advantage this year is that primary and secondary school students have not resumed classes yet. Once school starts in the summer, the summer vacation will be greatly shortened, so if you If you plan to travel during the summer vacation, you may not encounter the intensive flow of students in previous years.

But don’t underestimate the surging passenger flow that travel agencies bring to domestic attractions. Especially after the epidemic is over, when everyone has the idea of ??revenge travel.