Three Gorges Dam, on the Yangtze River, will open to visitors from July 1. During the three months of trial opening, the number of visitors will be limited to 1,000 a day and the opening time is from 8:30 AM to 16:00 PM. The fare is 68 yuan (US$8.2) per visitor.
It will be closed to visitors after September 31 for hydropower generator inspections and the third-phase construction of the dam, one of the largest hydropower projects in the world.
Visitors will get this splendid view -- water discharged the Three Gorges Dam -- when it is open to visitors from July 1.
(Xinhua News Agency May 31, 2005)
