A German tourist boating on the Tuojiang River said that the Fenghuang ancient town is so beautiful and dreamy that it's like a giant fairy tale castle. He said he had never seen such a charming night view.

Li Lichao, deputy director of the Xiangxi bureau of culture, tourism, radio and television, said that the construction of the Greater Zhangjiajie International Tourism Area will bring multiple benefits to the cultural and tourism development of Xiangxi.

Among them is the historic leap in strategic positioning, which means that Xiangxi will upgrade from a "participant" in regional cooperation to a "main engine" of strategic implementation. Xiangxi will no longer be a simple "recipient of tourist flows", but instead complement the "Greater Zhangjiajie" with the irreplaceable cultural experience of "mysterious Xiangxi", according to Li.

Li said that Xiangxi will focus on making it the "second stop" for inbound tourism in Hunan. It will fully integrate into the "five routes" layout of the Greater Zhangjiajie International Tourism Area. Relying on transportation resources, it will accelerate the construction of a tourism transportation network that is "externally connected and internally smooth, with fast access and slow travel", Li added.