Jiuzhaigou scenic spots to slowly reopen after quake

Jiuzhaigou, a scenic area in Sichuan province on the UNESCO World Natural Heritage list, will gradually reopen this year after efforts to fix the damage caused by the magnitude 7 earthquake on Aug 8.

Admission fees will be lowered to attract visitors, according to Liu Zuoming, Party chief of the Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture.

He was speaking at a recent meeting in Chengdu, the provincial capital, to discuss how to bring the prefecture's tourism sector out of the shadow of the quake.