Chinese cave may become resort

Published: Jan. 1, 2008 at 2:12 AM
Order reprints
CHONGQING, China, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- A large cave in western China where planes were built in secrecy during World War II may be developed into a resort.

Officials for the Chongquing Municipality's tourist bureau estimate it would cost about $67 million to convert the 150-foot-high cave, which has 47,000 square feet of space, for use as a tourist attraction, Xinua reported Tuesday The cave has a constant temperature of 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit.

The tourist bureau says the cave, nestled in lush mountains would be "an ideal place for conferences and leisure travel," Xinhua reported.

In 1939, the Kuomintang Party used the cave to develop planes but by 1949 it was abandoned.


© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


Zimbabwe mines site of 'horrific violence' (<1 min)
Auto sales soar in China (4 min)
Calif. jails helped by early releases (9 min)
L.A. County property values drop (10 min)
UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News (12 min)
Study: Mangrove animals risk extinction (13 min)
No appeal of sentence for Madoff (15 min)
fark
"A bolt of lightning? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized...
"Woman" arrested for poking boyfriend in groin with sex toy. With link in story to mugshot "goodness"...
While most Americans were watching the Michael Jackson circus, Obama was selling out Western Europe...
Man steals Sidney Crosby photograph from Tim Hortons, escapes across Trans-Canada highway according...
Dead in Chicago suburb rise from the grave. You'd think it was election day
Man skips out on $200 bill for "Only God can judge me" tattoo with praying hands