Turpan Meets the Travel Boom

Turpan has met the travel boom since the end of July. According to the local tourism department, more than 10,000 tourists flock to visit the city every day.

After the riot of 7.15 in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Autonomous Region, the local government has taken steps to stimulate the city's tourism. Currently, such preferential measures are taken in Turpan: all entrance tickets of the tourist sites are 50 percent discount; the 1,000,000th one who visits Turpan will be free to travel Turpan in his/her lifetime; for the family tour, if the package reached three people, one of them will enjoy free. In addition, many tourism activities are held in Turpan, for example: experience sand treatment in the oasis, ten thousand people hike through the Kumutage Desert, admire the moon on the Aydingkol Lake, taste the famous Turpan grapes in the Grape Valley, enjoy the folk songs and dances in the Uighur villages...with these measures and activities, Turpan's tourism is now as hot as the summer.

General Knowledge:

Turpan (Chinese: Tulufan) is one of the important cities on the ancient Silk Road, about 150 km southeast of Ürümqi. It has over 200 famous state-level tourist sites. Among them, the Grape Valley, Gaochang Ancient City, Jiaohe Ancient City Ruins, Karez Channels, The Flaming Mountain and Sugong Pagoda are the most-watched.

the grapes in the Grape Valley

Gaochang Ancient City

The Uighur girls in the Karez Channel

The Flaming Mountain

[By Ripple Sage Tan, ChinaFactTours.com]