Tourists visit the Wangcun Waterfall in the Furong Town scenic spot in Xiangxi Tu and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province, July 10, 2012. The prefecture received 8.5089 million tourists in the first half of this year, a soar of 24.96 percent year on year. The toursim revenues in this period stood at 4.596 billion yuan (71.9 million US dollars), up 24.05 percent over the same period of last year. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)