Photo: Cui Ying
During the summer holiday, Zhengzhou's economy keeps growing: Henan Museum and Henan Museum of Science and Technology are sold out; daily reception at tourist attractions have doubled; and Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport is handling more than 80,000 passengers per day. In summer, Zhengzhou's economy continues to grow.
Photo: Ma Jian
In the hot summer, ice, snow and water sports are popular for escaping the heat. Citizens tend to go to water parks and ice rinks to relax, such as the Happy Oceans Water Park, the Snow World, and the Oparara Water Park. In order to meet the increased demand of summer vacation, the Fantawild Water Park has changed its closing time to 10:00 pm, and the Oparara Water Park has changed its closing time to 9:30 pm.
炎炎酷暑,避暑清凉的冰雪和水上项目颇受追捧。不少市民选择前往凉爽解暑的水上、冰上场所放松,如银基乐海世界、冰雪世界、奥帕拉拉水上公园等,在暑期里尽享清凉乐趣。为了契合暑期游玩特点,方特水上乐园调整营业时间至晚上10点,奥帕拉拉水上公园调整营业时间至晚上9点半。
The hot weather has made the city's swimming pools and indoor skating rinks popular and crowded. Zhengzhou Olympic Sports Center Natatorium has witnessed a surge in the number of visitors. To meet the needs of people during summer vacation, the Natatorium opened a 50-meter 10-lane warm-up pool, a 25-meter 10-lane children's pool, and an extra 50-meter 10-lane competition pool to the public. It also extended the operating hours.
高温天气让市内的游泳馆、室内滑冰场迎来人流高峰。 郑州奥体中心游泳馆客量猛增。针对暑期游泳培训“大军”,该馆面向市民开放50米10道热身池,25米10道儿童池,又在原来的基础上加开了50米10道竞赛池,并增加了运营时间。
Research trips and family trips are the top choice of many parents in summer vacation. At major tourist attractions, study teams have become a common sight.
研学游、亲子游是众多家长的暑期首选。在各大旅游景点,浩荡的研学队伍成为暑期里的一道风景。

Photo: Shi Xiaoming
Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport is bustling with passengers traveling from south to north every day. During the summer vacation, there have been about 640 daily flights serving 2.58 million passengers every day. On average, it handles more than 83,000 passenger trips each day, which are made up in large part by family trips and children's group trips.
在郑州机场,每天南来北往的旅客熙熙攘攘,日均航班约640架次,旅客吞吐量达258万人次,平均每天发送旅客超8.3万人次,“全家游”“儿童团”成为出行的主力军。

Photo: Wang Xuan
As everything prospers, Zhengzhou presents vibrant urban charm as an ancient capital and a commercial capital, showing more of its diversity.