The cost for domestic tourist trips will drop by about 30
percent on Thursday, after climbing to a peak during the past three
days of?China's golden holiday week, the Beijing Morning
Post reported.
Tourists visit
the Badaling section of the Great Wall on the outskirts of Beijing,
on the third day of the National Day holiday, October 3, 2007.
[Xinhua]
As learned from many renowned domestic tourist agencies, top
national tourist sites like Jiuzhaigou, Lijiang and Zhangjiajie see
a big decline in cost, by as much as 30 percent, starting from
Thursday.
At the same time, the cost for travelling abroad is also set to
go down. Sources with Xiecheng Travel, which provides tourism
service online, revealed that the cost for trips to Japan and South
Korea will reduce as much as 1,000 yuan, or about US$133, as of
October 4.
Popular tourist sites from October 4 to 7 are still fully booked
by visitors during the latter part of the golden week, the report
added.
Tourists visit the Wuyi
Mountain in east China's Fujian Province?on October 3, 2007.
[Xinhua]
People riding in boats
tour the Slender West Lake in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, on October 3, 2007.
[Xinhua]
Tourists take photos at
a checkpoint on the Chinese border in the Pamir Mountains in
northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on October
3, 2007. [Xinhua]
People of the Dong
Ethnic Group see a stage show in Sanjiang Dong Autonomous
Prefecture in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on October
3, 2007. [Xinhua]
A girl and her mom
bathe in mud in Yuncheng, north China's Shanxi Province, on October 3, 2007.
[Xinhua]
(CRI, Xinhua News Agency October 4, 2007)
