Tourists visiting the Badaling Great Wall will no longer be troubled by the
cries of peddlers, and will enjoy better tranquility in
appreciating the grandeur of the world wonder. All vendors' stalls
on the Great Wall itself will be banished.
The Badaling Great Wall administration has launched a program to
improve the scenic area's tourist infrastructure and
environment.
The recent shake-up will remove the last 8 remaining vendor's
stalls within the year, putting an end to 30 years of stalls on the
Great Wall.
Besides stalls on the Badaling Great Wall itself, another 61
stalls near the north entrance of the scenic area will also be
removed. All the stalls will be relocated to a commercial building
to facilitate?tourist shopping.
As well as the removal of the stalls, over 2,000 meters of
high-voltage transmission line that pass over the Great Wall will
be buried underground to give tourists a better view.
A transit road will also be constructed to divert non-tourist
traffic, to ease traffic pressure.
Located 75km (47 miles) northwest of central Beijing, the
Badaling Great Wall is a typical segment of the Great Wall, built
during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644AD), and one of the Chinese
capital's favorite tourist sites.
(CRI March 18, 2007)
