The impact of high temperature power cuts in Sichuan in 2022 on the tourism industry

Facing the shortage of electricity, Sichuan party and government agencies, enterprises and institutions have adopted a series of measures to save energy, use electricity in an orderly manner, and provide electricity to the people. At the same time, the Sichuan Provincial Library, Sichuan Art Museum, and Chengdu Museum , Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum, Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum and other venues also issued closing notices and suspended their opening to the public.

The provincial capital city Chengdu issued a relevant notice on August 16, requiring the closure of all government-invested and self-built landscape lighting, light shows, image display and non-safety lighting facilities, as well as the closure of all outdoor advertising lighting. (Including LED display). To this end, Chengdu has shut down most of the lights on the Chunxi Road Pedestrian Street; shut down the Twin Towers, and the Jinjiang Light Show at Night... Data provided by the Chengdu Urban Management Committee shows that as of the evening of August 16, Chengdu has shut down 2,344 landscape lighting At 49,136 places, 49,136 landscape lighting lights were turned off, and 956 outdoor advertising lighting places were turned off.

In Chongqing, after the high temperature red warning was issued for several days, the light show, which is a local tourism feature but consumes a lot of electricity, has also been restricted. The "Chongqing Society-wide Electricity Conservation Work Plan" issued recently proposes nine aspects of electricity conservation measures, including reducing or suspending urban landscape lighting, and strictly controlling media walls, "light shows" and other ultra-high energy consumption, large-scale, and excessive lighting. The operation of landscape lighting projects that cause pollution and light pollution.

In addition, the operator of Hongyadong Scenic Spot, a local night tour landmark, announced on the 21st that the exterior wall lighting and Hongyadong Dicui Waterfall in the scenic spot will be temporarily suspended from August 21, 2022. At the same time, public lighting in the scenic area has been reduced by three-quarters. On the same day, Chongqing Passenger Ferry Co., Ltd. issued a suspension notice stating that all routes will be suspended and the subsequent sailing time is to be determined.