Great Wall Fort at Jiayuguan

11. Jiayuguan Fortress

In the Past Jiayuguan City and the Fortress were remote places in a huge country which had few visitors. It was a 12 Hour train drive out of Lanzhou, the Capital of the Province more to the East and South. Recently however, with the growing international connections of China, a huge boom in international and internal tourism between 2002 and 2008 AD and modernized highway and railway system, as well as a brand new airport connecting to the City, Tourism in Jiayuguan has been steadily on the increase.