According to Jimu News, many netizens recently posted videos saying that the Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring Scenic Area in Dunhuang City, Gansu Province suddenly encountered sand and dust weather, and tens of thousands of tourists were evacuated urgently. In the
video, everyone gathered on the sandy slope to sing and sing. Then strong winds came and the sand swept in, and the visibility at the scene was very low. The staff shouted to leave in an orderly manner, avoid crowding and pay attention to safety. The poster wrote or commented: "One second is a concert, the next second is a sandstorm, and the experience is full." "I have one more travel experience than others, and I actually caught up with a sandstorm."
Encountered a sudden sandstorm ( Video screenshot)
An on-site visitor confirmed to reporters that on the evening of August 7, during a concert involving thousands of people at the Crescent Moon Spring Scenic Area in Mingsha Mountain, Dunhuang City, a strong sandstorm suddenly blew, and everyone had to evacuate urgently.
html On the 9th, the staff of the above-mentioned scenic spots stated that the incident was indeed true and the tourists had been safely evacuated.A staff member of the Dunhuang City Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau said that when the concert was about to end that day, sand and dust occurred due to weather changes, and staff from relevant departments arrived at the scene in time to evacuate the tourists.
Public information shows that the Dunhuang Meteorological Observatory issued a sand and dust blue warning signal at 15:38 on August 7. It is expected that from the afternoon to night of that day, most towns and villages in Dunhuang City will experience sand and dust weather with visibility less than 3,000 meters, with localized Sandstorm (visibility less than 1000 meters).
According to media reports, on June 15 this year, the 2024 Mingsha Mountain Crescent Moon Spring Ten Thousand Starry Sky Concert will begin. The concert will last about 1.5 hours and will last until the end of October.
According to the Gansu Provincial Tourism Information Data Center, from June 13 to July 3 (three weeks after the preview of the Ten Thousand Stars Concert), the scenic spot received a total of 514,300 tourists, of which 80,100 were second-time visitors. Compared with In the three weeks before the preview, the total number of visitors increased by 220,800, and the number of second-time visitors doubled from the previous month. Driven by the "Ten Thousand People Starry Sky Concert", the scenic spot has upgraded projects such as sandboarding and camel transport, and the effect of second-time admission to the park on consumption growth has become increasingly prominent. The scenic spot’s newly developed 12 products in 4 categories, including colorful glow sticks, antler luminous headbands, and technological flashing eye masks, have also become hot-selling items.
In addition, according to incomplete statistics, from 0:00 on June 10 to 14:00 on July 6, a total of 17,048 pieces of information related to the "Ten Thousand Stars Concert" were generated on the Internet, of which short videos were the loudest, with 11,246 pieces. Videos such as "Fireworks bursting out in the desert" and "Being controlled by Dunhuang style visual feast for 30 seconds" topped the real-time charts of platforms such as Xiaohongshu and Douyin, with a total circulation of approximately 374 million times on each platform.
According to reports from the Gansu Provincial Radio and Television Station, this year's starry sky concert with thousands of people quickly became an Internet sensation. As of July 31, Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring had received a total of 2.1293 million visitors, a year-on-year increase of 25.26%.
Editor | He Xiaotao Du Bo
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