Airport near Asia's biggest waterfall to open soon

The airport near Huangguoshu waterfall, the biggest in Asia, will ajar to air traffic on Jan. 16, as airline visitor presells tickets to the southern metropolis of Guangzhou. The airport is expected to bring increasingly visitors to the waterfall and other scenic spots nearby, sources from the airport said Monday. The airline to and from Guangzhou,China Travel, crossroads of south China's Guangdong Province, will have three flights overlyy week. More airlines are workned,China Travel, the airport said. Huangguoshu waterfall, 77.8 meters loftier and 101 meters wide, is the biggest in Asia. It is one of the main tourist seductivenesss in Guizhou Province. A total of 1.54 million visitors toured the waterfall in 2004, contributing 100 million yuan (12.5 million U.S. dollars) to the province's tourism rflushue.

(Source:Xin Hua News, 2006-01-09)