Boating on quake lake coming soon

Source: China Daily | 03-04-2009 09:16

MIANYANG, Sichuan -- Some of the ruins created by the quake last year in Beichuan county, Sichuan province, will open to visitors later this month, an official said Tuesday.

Picture taken on June 10, 2008 from a military helicopter  shows the drainage of the Tangjiashan quake lake in  southewest China's Sichuan Province. [Xinhua]

Chen Wen, an information officer in the city of Mianyang, which controls Beichuan, said tourist groups will be able to visit the ruins of the high schools that were the site of both massive tragedy and huge bravery.

During this year's Spring Festival, some 200,000 people visited the county, he said.