Unit3ATasteofTravelPlacesofInterestDoyouknowtheQuickFactsandFiguresofChinaTourismIndustry
Ourcountryhosted131millionforeigntouristsin2007
TouristsfromotherAsiancountriestookup61
5percentofallinternationaltourists
China'stourismincomereached$160billionin2007,up22
6percentyear-on-year
BeijingShanghaiGuilinLhasaTian’anmenSquareTheTempleofHeavenTheSummerPalaceBird’sNestWaterCubeTheGreatWallTheGreatWallTheGreatWalltwistsandturnsalongthetopsofmountainchainsinnorthernChina
Itismorethan4,000kilometerslong
ConstructionofthewallbeganinthefifthcenturyBC
Thewallfinallytookshapeinthethirdcentury
FromBeijing,youcanvisittheGreatwallatBadaling,65kilometresnorth-westofthecity
TheGreatWallopensat6
andclosesat7p
insummer
TheGreatWallTheGreatWallrunslikeadragonalongthetopsofmountainchainsinnorthern