Han Ximin

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QUZHOU, a historic and cultural city in western Zhejiang Province, is expecting more travelers from Shenzhen and other Pearl River Delta cities with the opening of more flights to the city starting Oct. 28.

Shenzhen Airlines’ flights from Shenzhen to Quzhou will increase to one flight per day, from the current four flights per week.

The daily flight will leave Shenzhen at 7:05 p.m. and arrive at Quzhou at 8:40 p.m. It will return at 9:40 p.m. and arrive at Shenzhen at 11:20 p.m.

“We have prepared many itineraries for tourists from Shenzhen, including a classic three-day and two-night itinerary to see Jianglang Mountain, a world nature heritage site and the shrine of the Southern Division of the Confucius Family,” Zheng Bing, vice chief of Quzhou City’s tourism bureau, said at a briefing in Shenzhen on Saturday.

Quzhou, a city with more than 1,800 years of history, neighbors Jiangxi, Anhui and Fujian provinces. Travelers can visit 10 world nature and cultural heritage sites within 200 kilometers, Zheng said.

In a drive of less than two hours, travelers can visit Sanqingshan Mountain and Wuyuan, one of the most beautiful country villages in China, in Jiangxi, along with Huangshan Mountain in Anhui and Qiandaohu Lake, and Hangzhou’s West Lake in Zhejiang Province.

Quzhou was established during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220). With a population of 2.52 million, it’s now a State-level historic and cultural city. Its airport handles around 180,000 passengers a year.