More than ten overseas travel influencers spent three days in Zhangjiajie as part of a Hunan international tourism festival, testing cliff walks, cable cars and folk performances. The trip shows China's mountain destinations courting foreign social-media creators to rebuild inbound travel.
Days of autumn rain have wrapped Zhangjiajie's Tianzi Mountain in drifting cloud seas, drawing visitors onto misty ridge walks. It is a seasonal reminder of why Hunan's Wulingyuan landscape became one of China's first UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Tourists across China are complaining that scenic area entrances keep moving farther from the actual sights, forcing costly shuttle rides. Regulators have now stripped ratings from more than a hundred A-level attractions, prompting a rethink of how parks earn money.
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