Tourists by fast rail or of self-driving to Golden Pebble Beach, Dalian has accounted for 65 percent of the total.

Totally 160,000 tourists were attracted to the spot during the seven-day May Day Holiday with the profit of 18.18 million RMB yuan, an increase of 23 and 76 percent of the contemporary period in 2002 respectively.

Self-driving tour has been the highlight at Golden Pebble Beach, Dalian. Totally 13,000 automobiles traveled in from May 1 to May 7, 85 percent are in minitype and 30 percent are from other cities mainly including Heilongjiang, Jilin, Beijing, and Tianjin. 

(Daliannews.com May 9, 2004)