Recently, “Poetic Dream of Ganpu”, an entertainment lighting show was held among the mountain, sea and lake of the Scenic Area of South-north Lake, arousing wide attention. This dazzling visual feast has attracted tourists to flock in and stimulated the prosperity of the nighttime tourism of this scenic area.

In recent years, Ganpu Town (Scenic Area of South-north Lake) has provided various and unique nighttime tourist products to develop its nighttime economy. For the opening ceremony of the “Poetic Dream of Ganpu”, 1,000 drones were used to light up the night sky, and melodious songs were sung at the waterfront market, which made tourists travel longer in the scenic area, released more consumption potentials and injected new driving forces into the tourism development of this town.

The opening of the “Poetic Dream of Ganpu”

The night of the Scenic Area of South-north Lake is serene, picturesque and unique. In August, the South-north Lake looks magnificent, dreamlike and gorgeous at night.

At 7:20 p.m. from Tuesday to Monday, the actors (actresses) wearing traditional Chinese garments play musical instruments, enjoy tea and play Chinese chess with the tourists on the Egret Continent to experience the charm of traditional Chinese culture.

The tourists were attracted deeply by the actors and actresses’ exquisite skills, wonderful performances, and the touching stories told. They watched attentively every detail, applauded excitedly, exclaimed and cheered up for the wonderful performances.

“Poetic Dream of Ganpu” uses hi-tech lighting technology like holographic imaging, laser engraving and structural projection to provide the tourists with multidimensional interactive experience.

This year, Scenic Area of South-north Lake has upgraded its lighting equipment, integrated more sci-tech and innovative factors into lighting equipment to stimulate nighttime tours.

Fashionable nighttime economy makes tourism more prosperous. As tourists’ favourite at night, nighttime tours and foods make them relaxed and their trips happy. With the theme of “Missing You”, Waterfront Market 2024 of the South-north Lake opened in August in the Scenic Area of South-north Lake based on the “Poetic Dream of Ganpu”. This is a major provincial-level culture and tourism brand under construction, for which a buffet party of the Chinese Valentine’s Day and a band are built and various art stages are set up.

In the bustling Waterfront Market, “Big Tree Coffee” is particular with eye-catching big trees standing before the entrance. In the evening, tree shadows and luminous spots dance, and children swing to enjoy their carefree childhood below the trees.

This coffee shop operated by the scenic area provides a quiet place for tourists to slow down the pace of life. They can set up canopies under big trees and have a cup of coffee to relax themselves, seeming that all of their pressure has gone with the breeze.

In recent years, this scenic area has introduced many famous businesses such as Beilihu Teahouse, Yinlu Hotel and a contemporary painting academy to enrich the nighttime economic products and services, further enhance tourists’ experience and promote the development of tourism economy.

Nighttime tours in the Waterfront Market have been organized every year since 2020. This year, the container-based shops are introduced and they will be open regularly at night.

Based on its characteristic cultures, this scenic area will introduce more various nighttime consumption modes, build distinctive brands, optimize consumption environment and enhance service quality to drive the high-quality development of the nighttime economy.