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Information about Three Gorges Dam Tour

Three Gorges Dam

The Three Gorges Dam Scenic Area is an important part in Three Gorges Dam tour. There are Tanziling Park, 185 Park, Three Gorges Exhibition Hall and some other sight spots.

Information about Three Gorges Dam Tour – Introduction of Three Gorges Scenic Area

The Three Gorges Project is located in sandouping Town, middle section of Xiling Gorge. It is 44 kilometers away from the Yichang City, and there are highway from Yichang to Wuhan and Huangshi connecting Yichang and Three Gorges Dam together. The full name of Three Gorges Project is Yangtze Three Gorges Water Conservancy Hub Project. It is the largest water conservancy project in the world. The Three Gorges Project Scenic Area consists of Tanziling Scenic Area, Model Room, 185 Platform, Xiling Yangtze Bridge, Diversion Channel, Dam Park and some other scenic spots.

Information about Three Gorges Dam Tour – Three Gorges Project

The whole Three Gorges Project consists of Dam, hydroelectric power station and navigation ship locks. The dam is built on the Zhongbaodao. The Three Gorges Project is key project for comprehensive governing and developing the Yangtze River. At the area around Sandouping, the river course is wide and the Granite batholithes on the both banks are hard and intact, hence the Three Gorges Project was built here. After the Three Gorges Project completed, it will bring flood control, power generation, navigation, cultivation, tourism, ecological protection, environment protection, development-oriented resettlement, South-to-North water diversion, irrigation and other tens comprehensive benefits. Among them, the annual generation capacity can reach 84,900 billion degrees.

Information about Three Gorges Dam Tour – Three Gorges Dam Tourism

The Three Gorges Dam Scenic Area officially opened to public in 1997, and it was praised as first National 4A class scenic area by National Tourism Bureau in 2002. Now, the Three Gorges Scenic Area has Three Gorges Exhibition Hall, Tanziling Park, 185 Platorm, Jinba Park and Closure Park, covering 15.28 square kilometers. The Three Gorges Dam Scenic Area relies on the largest water conservancy project in the world – Three Gorges Project to fully show the project culture and water conservancy culture, to offer sightseeing, science and education, leisure, recreational as one multifunctional service to visitors, to organically combine modern project, natural scenery and human landscape together, making it become yearning tourism resort in worldwide visitors' hearts.