EHang Holdings Limited, a global leader in Urban Air Mobility (“UAM”) technology platform company, announced that it has signed a cooperation framework agreement with Zhejiang Sunriver Culture and Tourism Co., Ltd., a China A-share listed company, to explore an industrial model that integrates low-altitude economy with cultural tourism in China.
Under the Agreement, Sunriver plans to purchase 50 units of EH216-S or similar pilotless passenger-carrying aircraft from EHang for its cultural tourism projects based on market development needs. Sunriver has placed a purchase order for 5 units of EH216-S as the first batch for aerial tourism use cases. The remaining aircraft will be gradually deployed in the tourism attractions under the Sunriver.
Sunriver, with its parent company Sunriver Holding Group, have invested and operated over 40 renowned tourist attractions in China, including Bailong Elevator and Huanglong Cave in Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province, Phoenix Ancient Town and Mang Mountain in Hunan Province, Bifeng Canyon in Ya’an City, Sichuan Province, Qiyun Mountain in Anhui Province, and Danxia Mountain in Guangdong Province. Sunriver has established a distinctive cultural tourism industry model integrated cultural IPs, tourism and technologies, and provides consumers with rich and diversified cultural and tourism products and high-quality, comforting and convenient travel experience through its platform “Sunriver Travel”.
Given the promising outlook for the integration of low-altitude economy and tourism, Sunriver has recently established a subsidiary, Sunriver General Aviation Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (“Sunriver General Aviation”), with a goal of leveraging EHang’s pilotless electric vertical take-off and landing (“eVTOL”) aircraft to conduct aerial sightseeing services at various tourism destinations under their management. This initiative is expected to create smart low-altitude tourism models for over 40 destinations and further strengthen market competitiveness and the influence of Sunriver’s product.
Heng Wang, Chairman of Sunriver, stated, “Our mission at Sunriver has always been to enrich life through the synergy of culture, tourism, and technology. We are constantly exploring how these fields can evolve together. The application of the EH216-S in the cultural tourism sector not only offers visitors unique perspectives and experiences but also further advances the intelligent transformation of the cultural tourism industry, bringing cost-effectiveness and operational efficiency to low-altitude tourism sightseeing. We are confident in the growth potential of the low-altitude economy within the cultural tourism sector and look forward to a mutually beneficial partnership with EHang. Together, we look ahead to leveraging our respective strengths to accelerate the nationwide strategic deployment of an integrated low-altitude cultural tourism model and to achieve profitability in low-altitude sightseeing business across scenic areas.”
