Yangtze River Three Gorges International Tourism Festival Opens
It is estimated that during the festival, which will be held through to October 30, some 1 million domestic and overseas tourists will visit Yichang. The city is also the nearest city to the site of the world's biggest water control project -- the Three Gorges Dam Project at the middle reaches of the Yangtze. According to local sources, 62 tourism activities, including 12 theme tourism programs such as a grand opening gala, a tour of the Three Gorges, tour of the construction site of the Three Gorges water control project, will be hosted. During the same period, a number of exhibitions and a month-long film festival will be on show, said the local sources. | |
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