{"id":123535,"date":"2025-10-22T14:09:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/10\/22\/cityfly-takes-off-as-chinas-newest-travel-trend\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:09:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:09:02","slug":"cityfly-takes-off-as-chinas-newest-travel-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/cityfly-takes-off-as-chinas-newest-travel-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Cityfly\u2019 takes off as China\u2019s newest travel trend"},"content":{"rendered":"

HANGZHOU, China, Oct 22 \u2014 Forget leisurely strolls. A new trend is taking Chinese travel to new heights \u2014 literally. Dubbed \u201cCityfly,\u201d it sees thrill-seekers trading city sidewalks for skylines and horizontal exploration for vertical vistas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following in the footsteps of \u201cCitywalk\u201d, \u201cCityfly\u201d \u2014 which ranges from paragliding and skydiving to scenic helicopter rides \u2014 is fast becoming a buzzword among young Chinese travelers, reflecting a consumer shift driven by China\u2019s burgeoning low-altitude economy.<\/p>\n

On an autumn morning, Li Duo, a woman in her early 20s from Shanghai, tried paragliding for the first time, taking off under the guidance of an instructor from a paragliding base on Mogan Mountain in Deqing county, in East China\u2019s Zhejiang province.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s simply breathtaking to glide over the rolling bamboo forests and tea gardens while the wind roars in my ears,\u201d Li said with excitement after landing. \u201cIt unlocked a new perspective for me and gave me some incredible photos.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yang Aiping, manager of the paragliding base, noted that annual visitor numbers have skyrocketed from fewer than 10,000 in 2019 \u2014 when the base first opened \u2014 to over 100,000 today.<\/p>\n

In Zhejiang province, low-altitude tourism is transitioning from a niche adventure to a mainstream pursuit. During the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday earlier this month, Huzhou \u2014 which administers Deqing \u2014 launched 16 low-altitude flight routes connecting seven sites, attracting a growing number of tourists.<\/p>\n

Deqing and Anji, another county under Huzhou\u2019s administration, have been designated as the provincial-level pilot zones for the low-altitude economy, reflecting strong policy backing for the sector\u2019s rapid development in Zhejiang.<\/p>\n

The trend is evident nationwide. In Sanya, a resort city in Hainan province, skydiving has become one of the hottest attractions. Zhang Enming, manager of a skydiving base there, said that the base received around 6,000 customers in the first quarter of 2025, a year-on-year increase of over 20 percent.<\/p>\n

Official data showed that Sanya\u2019s low-altitude tourism sector served approximately 287,000 tourists in the first half of 2024, marking a 112 percent surge from the previous year. The sector generated over 730 million yuan ($102.9 million) in revenue and created 2,300 jobs during the period. The robust growth has continued into this year.<\/p>\n

Zhao Yuehua, an expert from China Development Observation\u2019s aviation industry research center, attributed this rise in aerial tourism\u2019s popularity to China\u2019s fast-developing low-altitude economy, which has reduced flight costs and sparked public enthusiasm for flying experiences.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s low-altitude economy has gained unprecedented traction after being included in the Government Work Report in 2024, which positioned it as a new growth engine. The sector is projected to reach a market size of 1.5 trillion yuan by 2025 and expand further to 3.5 trillion yuan by 2035, as forecast by the Civil Aviation Administration of China.<\/p>\n

Data show that there are 89,000 active enterprises related to the low-altitude economy in China. Among these, approximately 11,700 were registered in the first five months of this year, a 220 percent year-on-year surge that surpassed the total number of registrations for the entire previous year.<\/p>\n

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HANGZHOU, China, Oct 22 \u2014 Forget leisurely strolls. A new trend is taking Chinese travel to new heights \u2014 literally. Dubbed \u201cCityfly,\u201d it sees thrill-seekers trading city sidewalks for skylines and horizontal exploration for vertical vistas. Following in the footsteps of \u201cCitywalk\u201d, \u201cCityfly\u201d \u2014 which ranges from paragliding and skydiving to scenic helicopter rides \u2014 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}