Wang Lianxiang

The elderly tour group took a group photo at the Bailong Ladder Observation Deck in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. Photo by Wu Yongbing

"The mountains and rivers are peaks and forests, the scenery is peculiar, the air quality and reception environment are very good, and it is suitable for the elderly to travel and vacation." Recently, Mr. and Mrs. Zhu, who are nearly seventy years old, took the Bailong Ladder in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park to visit the geomorphological wonders and were full of praise. They took a special tourist train from Yunnan to come for vacation, accompanied by more than 65 elderly tourists. In October this year, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park has received a number of tourist trains from Yunnan, Sichuan and other places, with more than 0 people, of which tourists over 0 years old account for 70%.

In Zhangjiajie National Forest Park Huangshi Village, Tianzi Mountain, Yangjiajie and other scenic spots, you can see the figure of elderly tourists. Zhou Jianxin, who has been engaged in photography services in the scenic spot for many years, said that since the beginning of this year, he has received more than 15 photography groups organized by elderly photographers associations from all over the country, the oldest of whom is 0 years old, and the longest stay time is 0 days.

In order to attract more elderly tourists, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park has increased the promotion of preferential ticket policies for the elderly in key tourist source markets such as Guangdong and Shanghai, launched diversified tourism products and routes such as leisure and health tours, cool summer vacations, and folk culture tours for different seasons, and cooperated with group travel agencies in source places to open silver tourism through trains, special tourist trains, tourist charter flights, etc., so that more elderly people can travel affordably and conveniently. At the same time, the scenic spot also actively optimizes barrier-free facilities, rest stations, medical aid stations and other supporting service facilities, especially for large-scale silver-haired tourism teams, opens exclusive tourism channels, and does a good job in vehicles, explanations, catering, medical care, travel photography and other service guarantees, and arranges special tourism performances such as "Zhangjiajie Charming Xiangxi" and "Zhangjiajie Eternal Love" according to the needs of elderly tourists, so as to enrich the cultural experience.

Zhang Chong, director of the Wulingyuan Scenic Area and National Forest Park Administration in Zhangjiajie, said that tourism is an important way to enrich the life of the elderly in their later years and improve their physical and mental health, and the market demand is growing. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park has become one of the popular destinations for silver tourism by virtue of its unique tourism resources and rich and perfect tourism service system. This year, the scenic spot will further integrate tourism resources, develop more tourism products and routes suitable for the elderly, continue to standardize the order of the tourism market, protect the legitimate rights and interests of elderly tourists, and improve their satisfaction.