Wind-eroded hillocks in NW China to attract more tourists

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 ◆ Wind-eroded hillocks in NW China to attract more tourists

A magic land of hillocks in northwest China, which have been eroded by wind over the past thousands of years, is expected to attract more tourists.

Dubbed as "ghost city" by local residents, the wind-cut hillocks take different shapes resembling animals, human figures, buildings and other things which inspire the imagination of tourists.

Li Xuansheng, chief of Qinghai Provincial Tourism Bureau, said that the area totals 21,500 square kilometers, the largest such area in China.

However, the "ghost city" has been almost inaccessible to tourists and explorers due to poor road. Now local tourism departments are planning to make it much easier for tourists to go to the magnificent land which can be dated back 750,000 years.