At the time of 15:45, December 12, tourists received by Three Gorges Dam has reached 2 million, a new record over the years. Among them, 1.1 million are cruise tourists, an increase of 18 percent and 90 million tourists traveled by land with an increase of 32 percent over the same period of last year. Compared with the same period of last year, the number of independent and budget tourists, who traveled by land, reaches nearly 400,000 with an increase of 79 percent. After the implementation of new deal of free admission, the number of tourists reserved online is up to 22 million. And this convenient means of making a reservation to visit the scenic sites has become very popular among all the tourists.
With an increase of 14.4 percent, the number of tourists visited the Three Gorges Dam was only 132 million. While after the official implementation of a new deal of free ticket, the number of the tourists continues to increase, only within a week after the implementation of the new deal, the number of tourists increased by 50%. And the number of tourists reaches more than 24 million and makes a new record with the highest single-day total accommodation and visitor during the first Chinese Golden Week holiday after the new deal of opening to the public with free admission. On November 3rd, the number of tourists visited the Three Gorges Dam reached 180 million, which has achieved the highest level nearly two months ahead of schedule since the new deal of opening to the public with free admission. The Chinese New Year is approaching, thus more preparation will have been made by the scenic sites to be ready for more tourists in 2015 New Year’s Day holiday. (By Yuan Xuemei and Han Lingjuan)