China, tourists invade the places of greatest attraction and it is chaos

An extended period of holidays and the decision to suspend the payment of highway tolls have led many Chinese to leave their homes and head to the main tourist spots in the country. Some of the most popular resorts were literally overrun at the start of an eight day holiday period, creating traffic jams and various accidents, while finding parking and hotel rooms became increasingly difficult.
According to the first data, relating to 119 tourist sites, there are 5,76 million tourists, up 29% on last year. Tourism revenue in those areas reached a staggering 310 million yuan (equivalent to $49,3 million) up 33% year on year. But the heavy traffic and the incredible crowds that have poured into the holiday resorts are also creating problems for traffic and livability. The sheer volume of visitors, for example, overwhelmed the capacity of the funicular railway up Huashan Mountain, leaving many visitors trapped on the summit on Tuesday. Over 300 policemen climbed to the top of the mountain to take angry tourists down to the valley.
There was also a huge crowd in the Forbidden City in Beijing, visited by 180 people in a single day. “We could see nothing but thousands of heads,” said Guo Zhijun, 42, from Henan Province. “We wanted our 11-year-old son to learn something from the visit, but we ended up leaving exhausted.” The shopkeepers are happy: in Shanghai, visitors invaded the aisles of the shopping centres: in the first three days of the holiday, retail made 130 million yuan, 33% more than in 2011.