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Three Gorges Tourism is Flourishing in its Flood Season.Flood- Release Tour Has Become a New Hotspot

Three Gorges Tourism is Flourishing in its Flood Season.Flood- Release Tour Has Become a New Hotspot

Write: Tadako [2011-05-20]
Three Gorges Tourism is Flourishing in its Flood Season.Flood- Release Tour Has Become a New Hotspot
Information photo:This picture shows the great scenery of the Three Gorges Dam when the crest came on July 20th, On July 20th 8 a.m., the Three Gorges Dam has received its first biggest crest since it was completely constructed.
Xinhua website July 29th, Yichang (reporters:Liu Ziling, Feng Guodong) The flood- release of the Three Gorges Dam looks really amazing. It was very spectacular ! said Mo Yiwen, a girl from Taibei Hujiang high school, Taiwan province. She was very exciting after wacthing the flood-release scene on the top of the Three Gorges Dam.
Flood, which used to be disgusted by people once mentioned, has now become a new hotspot in toursim because of the control taken by the Three Gorges Dam. From July 25th to 27th, the Dam has received more than 12,000 tourists within 3 days.
As it is learned from Changjiang Three Gorges Corporation, the flood is rather big in this season. How is the Three Gorges Project going to play its role in controling flood? A growing number of people started to focus on this ,and it has attracted a lot of tourists from both home and abroad to come and watch the world-famous Three Gorges Project controling the flood,and enjoy the spectacular scene that the Dam creates when facing the test given by nature.

Three Gorges Tourism is Flourishing in its Flood Season.Flood- Release Tour Has Become a New Hotspot

On July 27th, Wuhan citizens were play by the river side on Dragon King Temple view-watching plantform where Yangzi River and Han River join up.(shot by Shiwei)
It is reported that many tourism programs about Three Gorges have been put forward by different travel agencies. Such as the Gorges and Lake Reservoir Ship Tour, the Quyuan Hometown Tour, the Jiuwanxi Rafting and the Three Gorges Dam Tour. Among them, the Three Gorges Dam tour is the hottest.
Judging from the receiving condition of our company, the flood doesn t cause bad influence on the tourism market but rather bring it to flourish. Since it is summer holiday right now, student tourism is very popular. said Xu Ting, the marketing manager assistant of Changjiang Three Gorges Tourism Corporation.
As there has been a increasing number of self-driving tourists, Xu Ting said, those tourists need to take care of their own safety, because the exclusive use highway for Three Gorges is maintaining right now.
(commissioning editor: Zhao Ting)