Photo taken on March 18 shows tourist tour at the Tianchi Lake scenic area in the Tianshan Mountains, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Xinjiang Daily news (Reporter Yao Gang & Zhen Mei): "Tianchi Lake with half ice and half water is so beautiful!" On March 18, the Tianchi Lake scenic area in the Tianshan Mountains, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, welcomed more than 600 tourists who are medical workers of Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture and their family members, and migrant workers from southern Xinjiang. This is the first batch of group tourists after reopening of the scenic area.

On the morning of March 18, it was sunny in the Tianchi Lake scenic area. The large screen of the Tianchi Lake scenic area tourist service center showed that the air quality in the scenic area was excellent, with the negative oxygen ion was 66,300 per cubic centimeter. The fresh air of the Tianchi Lake made tourists feel at ease and smile.

At present, many scenic spots in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture open one after another, and some travel agencies have launched one-day and two-day tours in Changji. Tianchi Lake scenic area decides to postpone off-season tickets to the end of April, and will organize a series of activities such as kite festival to attract more tourists into the area.