Emerging technologies have been boosting tourism of the Great Wall section in Qinhuangdao, a coastal city in north China's Hebei Province, during the Dragon Boat Festival, or the Duanwu Festival.
The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the traditional Chinese calendar. This year, the festival fell on May 31, and the holiday period runs from May 31 to June 1.
At the Laolongtou scenic area, the easternmost end of the Great Wall that extends more than 20 meters into the sea, a decorated robot dog performed lion dance movements during the day, attracting many tourists.
At Jiaoshan Great Wall section, visitors can wear sports-assisting equipment and experience the fun of climbing with the help of technology.
The stairs are very steep and difficult to climb. After trying this device for free, I feel that the climbing is very easy and fun. This is the power of technology. It is very interesting to tour around with this," said tourist Dai Wenxin.
It is reported that the Shanhaiguan Pass, a famous tourist resort in Qinhuangdao, received more than 43,000 tourists on Saturday. The large influx of tourists also boosted the agritainment and homestay economy in surrounding areas.
Emerging technologies boost Great Wall tourism in Hebei coastal city
The death toll from a landfill collapse in the central Philippine city of Cebu has risen to eight by Monday morning as search and rescue operations continued for another 28 missing people.
The landfill collapse occurred on Thursday as dozens of sanitation workers were working at the site. The disaster has already caused injuries of 18 people.
Family members of the missing people said the rescue progress is slow, and the hope for the survival of their loved ones is fading.
"For me, maybe I’ve accepted the worst result already because the garbage is poisonous and yesterday, it was raining very hard the whole day. Maybe they’ve been poisoned. For us, alive or dead, I hope we can get their bodies out of the garbage rubble," said Maria Kareen Rubin, a family member of a victim.
Families have set up camps on high ground near the landfill, awaiting news of their relatives. Some people at the site said cries for help could still be heard hours after the landfill collapsed, but these voices gradually faded away.
Bienvenido Ranido, who lost his wife in the disaster, said he can't believe all that happened.
"After they gave my wife oxygen, my kids and I were expecting that she would be saved that night because she was still alive. But the night came and till the next morning, they didn't manage to save her," he said.
Death toll in central Philippine landfill collapse rises to eight
