May Day holiday visitors flock to quake-hit regions

Source: CRI | 05-04-2009 21:47

The quake-hit regions in southwest China's Sichuan Province have witnessed a tourism boom during the just-concluded 3-day May Day holidays, Chongqing Evening News reports.

People flock to Yingxiu, where the earthquake struck last  May, to offer condolences to victims during the May Day  holidays. [Photo: Chongqing Evening News]

People flocked there to both present condolences to the victims of last year's earthquake and see if they can lend helping hands to the survivors who have been coping with their daily life there.

Hu, a grave keeper in the cemetery of Yingxiu, one of the worst-hit areas, revealed there were often over a thousand people going there to offer their condolences each day.

Moreover, tourists visited the locals in their shelters and were ready to provide necessary help. Some volunteers also gave a performance for the locals.

In Beichuan, another worst quake-hit area in Sichuan, the local government had to take measures to control the heavy coming-in traffic that carried a lot of those who came to pay respect to the dead and offer assistance to those survivers.