Eleven major venues for Asian Games will be open for free to Guangzhou citizens who won the "Asian Games Gift Package". This is another benefit for the public following the "Free One-day Tour in Guangzhou", which will also cover the 150,000 people from 50, 000 households. The application starts on December 5, 2010 and ends on January 5, 2011 and the tours are scheduled to commence from from January 15 to 20, 2011.
It was learned from the appointed reception travel agencies that the winning households could apply for the tours at the appointed residents' committees (village committees) with the winning letter, household register and ID cards from December 5 this month to January 5, 2011. selecting departure date and route. The non-winning household can also apply for the tours at their own expenses. The ticket price for the four new Guangzhou Tour routes is only 70 RMB per person.
The reception capacity for each venue is about 5,000 people a day, and the maximum people each route can accept is about 6,250. In consideration of the large visitor flow, the travel agencies will adopt a policy of "First applied, first arranged" to handle the applications. GZL International Travel Service said that a venue tour rush was expected on January 15 and 16, 2011 (Saturday and Sunday).
It suggests that citizens take tours at different times to avoid the excessive crowdedness. The travel agency also forecasts that among the four routes, "Asian Games Town-Huangpu Sports Center-Nansha Gymnasium" will be the most popular one and the "Conghua Equestrian Court-Jiulonghu Lake Golf Course" will be a big hit as local residents only have rare opportunities to experience such the sports.
(Translated by Guangzhou Association of Foreign Affairs Translators)
