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It is interesting that the tourism income from FAST telescope, has far exceeded its construction costs. From https://www.guancha.cn/society/2017_08_25_424435.s
by zcbenz 8y ago
It is interesting that the tourism income from FAST telescope, has far exceeded its construction costs.
From https://www.guancha.cn/society/2017_08_25_424435.shtml https://www.guancha.cn/society/2017_08_25_424435.shtml :
> 据悉，平塘县依靠旅游观光，上半年的营收达46亿人民币，较去年同期增加了40％。
> It is reported that relying on tourism, the revenue of Pingtang town in the first half of the year has reached 4.6 billion yuan, an increase of 40% over the same period last year.
From http://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2017/10/03/socialnews-144514.html http://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2017/10/03/socialnews-144514.... :
> 7天80万人贵州看“大锅” 五星酒店最贵一夜4888
> In 7 days, 800,000 people went to Guizhou to see the "big pot". Most expensive room in five-star hotel has reached 4888 yuan.
- majos 8y agoObligatory "can we trust official Chinese statistics?". Gaming local numbers after a lavishly-funded project seems to have been popular for a while [1]. [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-fraud/china-to-publish-unified-gdp-data-in-fraud-crackdown-statistics-bureau-idUSKBN1CZ0H6?il=0 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-fraud/china...
- IIAOPSW 8y ago8 is a lucky number in Chinese. So I'm not surprised if the 5 star room costs exactly 4,888. I wouldn't be surprised if the visitor number was rounded to 800k, but I doubt the number is made from whole cloth.
- natmaka 8y ago4 (the first figure in this "4888 yuans" price) is an unlucky number in China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerology#Four https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerology#Four
- fipple 8y agoYes but you can’t change the pricing of something by 25% to make it auspicious.
- tabtab 8y agoRe: 800,000 people went to Guizhou to see the "big pot" Just wok right in...