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Hangzhou highway links help draw visitors to rural attractions
A highway link is bringing visitors to rural attractions near Hangzhou, in eastern China.
The route connects the city with villages and sights, including Yuhang Osmanthus Garden, which is in full bloom in autumn.
The garden covers about 400 acres and has more than 14,000 osmanthus trees, including 8,000 shaped like mushrooms.
The garden is about a 10-minute drive from the highway exit, making it easier for travelers to visit.
In the five days after China’s National Day holiday, the highway section averaged nearly 20,000 vehicles a day, and more than 60% were vehicles from outside the area.
A service station gives travelers tourism information and offers discounts, while displaying local products from eight villages.
Transport officials plan to expand links between highways, tourism and village development, and are also managing traffic at busy points along the route.
Hangzhou’s West Ring Expressway is helping bring visitors to rural attractions, including the Guihua Expo Park in Yuhang.
The park is about a 10-minute drive from the Xianzhai toll station on the S43 Hangzhou Ring Expressway West Route.
Guihua Expo Park covers about 400 mu and has more than 14,000 osmanthus trees.
In the five days after the National Day holiday, the Hangzhou-Shaoxing section averaged nearly 20,000 vehicles a day, with more than 60% of them from outside the area.
The expressway operator provides tourism information and local product displays at a service station near the toll exit.
- Who
- Visitors to rural attractions near Hangzhou, including Guihua Expo Park.
- What
- Expressway access and services are helping connect traffic with tourism.
- When
- The report was published on October 13, 2026; it also gives traffic figures for the five days after the National Day holiday.
- Where
- Yuhang, Hangzhou, along the Hangzhou Ring Expressway West Route and its Hangzhou-Shaoxing section.
- Why
- Better transport access makes nearby attractions easier to reach, while expressway services promote local tourism and products.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Guihua Expo Park’s manager rented the land and began cultivating osmanthus varieties with rounded crowns.
The Hangzhou-Shaoxing section recorded an average of nearly 20,000 vehicles a day over five days.
China News Service reported on expressway links drawing visitors to rural attractions near Hangzhou.
- Park size
- About 400 mu
- Osmanthus trees
- More than 14,000
- Route
- S43 Hangzhou Ring Expressway West Route, Xianzhai toll station
- Daily traffic
- Nearly 20,000 vehicles on average over five days after the National Day holiday
- Outside-area vehicles
- More than 60% of traffic on the Hangzhou-Shaoxing section in that period
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What people are saying
I was so surprised; it is very large and the shapes are unique.
I didn't expect such beautiful osmanthus flowers to be only ten minutes from the expressway exit; this trip was worth it.
Now that transport is increasingly convenient, the number of people visiting nearby attractions has clearly grown.