Li Hao
THE Dameisha beach park in eastern Shenzhen will impose a maximum daily capacity of 50,000 visitors during the National Day holidays, Yantian District Government said at a news conference yesterday.
The park will open 19 hours a day from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m., the conference said.
The district tourism authorities will impose dynamic monitoring, reminding people to avoid peak time when visitor numbers reach 30,000.
When the number reaches 40,000, the park will recommend people visit other places.
The information will be conveyed via different forms of media including text messages, LED screens on expressways, TV and radio.
The dynamic monitoring system was set up to avoid problems related to public security, environmental deterioration, traffic jams and accidents caused by overcrowding, Wang Hongbin, vice head of the Yantian District Government, said.
The Dameisha beach, which offers free admission to the public, has often become crowded during holidays in recent years.
Car parks designed to handle 12,000 to 30,000 visitors a day have regularly become overwhelmed since the opening of the Yanba Expressway and increased traffic routes in Yantian have improved access to the park.
On May 2, the park saw 320,000 visitors, a record in the park’s history. Built in 1999, Dameisha has long been a favorite for holidaymakers. It saw 6.63 million tourists in 2008.