Taipei, Nov. 10 (CNA) A member of a group of 16 Chinese tourists was the lucky winner of a NT$88,888 cash prize offered Tuesday by the Yehliu Geopark on the outskirts of Taipei to its 1 millionth visitor for 2009. The winning entry ticket, bearing the number D11315, was among those issued to a tour guide for a group of tourist from China's Zhejiang province.
As the tickets had not yet been distributed to the individuals in the group when the park announced the winning number, the group decided that it would share the cash prize and the more than 30 accompanying gifts.
Qu Haixia, the tour group leader from Zhejiang-based Zhongshan Travel agency, said it was her 12th visit to Taiwan as a tour leader and that the Yehliu Geopark was included in each of the tours.
Qu said she had not been aware of the one-million-visitor activity and thought her group was very lucky to win the prize.
It was the first time that the number of annual visitors to the Yehliu Geopark park hit the one-million mark. In 2008, the figure was 830,000.
The park, which was formed as geological forces pushed Datun Mountain up from the sea, is located in the town of Wanli and juts out about 1,700 meters into the ocean.
It contains a number of hoodoo rock formations that have been given imaginative names based on their shapes. The best known is the "Queen's Head." Other noted rock formations in the park include "The Fairy Shoe," "The Bee Hive," "The Ginger Rocks," and "The Sea Candles." (By Chen Ching-ping and Y.F. Low)
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