Shanghai hosted an estimated 660,000 tourists on the first day
of the weeklong National Day holiday on Monday, the city's holiday
office said on Tuesday.
About 30,000 tourists visited the city's landmark Oriental Pearl
TV Tower yesterday, up 20 percent from a year earlier and brought
2.4 million yuan (US$319,766) to its ticket earnings, the office
said.
The Shanghai Wildlife Park received 24,000 people yesterday, an
increase of 21 percent from a year ago.
Century Park hosted 16,000 tourists yesterday and Fengjing Town,
a local water town with a history of more than 1,500 years, also
received 16,000 people, the office said.
A total of 9,375 people made trips via the city's tourism bus
hub on Monday.
Shanghai Railway Bureau on Monday put 71 extra trains into use
to handle the peak period, when 230,000 people departed the city by
rail.
Vehicles and ships shuttling between Shanghai and Chongming,
Hengsha and Changxing islands more than doubled on Monday compared
with ordinary days, bringing more than 50,000 visitors, the
Shanghai Maritime Safety Bureau said.
Local shipping companies have arranged 60 vessels and opened
more routes to send tourists to the islands during the holiday
period.
More than 6,800 people from Taiwan took 32 chartered flights
between Shanghai and Taiwan from September 21 to 30 via Pudong
International Airport.
About 4.2 million visitors are due in Shanghai during the
holidays, a rise of five percent compared with the last Golden Week
holiday in October, according to the Shanghai Tourism
Administrative Commission.
(Shanghai Daily October 4, 2007)