Xinjiang eyes tourist boom with new airport

Staff members of the Koktokay Airport celebrate its first flight in Fuyun County of Altay Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 1, 2015. Koktokay Airport received its first flight from the regional capital Urumqi on Saturday. Koktokay, around 400 km from Urumqi, has abundant mineral and tourist resources. The new airport will bring Koktokay closer to the outside world.(Xinhua/Ding Ning)