BEIJING - China's Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydro-electro project, opened again to tourists this week - on the condition they don't bring canned drinks, video cameras or, bizarrely, umbrellas.
And only 1000 people are allowed on to the 185m dam a day and they can only stay for
20 minutes within a stretch of 500sq m above the floodgates.
The 2235m-long dam in the central province of Hubei opened to tourists for the first time last year, from July to September - the Yangtze River's main flood season.
But authorities opened the tourists' floodgates early this year because the dam's expected completion next month would boost tourism, the Xinhua news agency said.
- REUTERS
