Houhai Next to Get the Nanluogu Xiang Treatment?

As the bandages come off Nanluogu Xiang's recent face lift, authorities may have already set their sights on yet another tourist hot spot due for an upgrade: the shores of Shichahai/Houhai.

Beijing Times reports that the Xicheng District Government will roll out new egulations for the area designed to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion along the perpetually crowded shoreline.

Proposed solutions for the area's traffic woes include new parking lots (of course), but also the expansion of pedestrian-only zones, a reduction in the number of trishaws cruising the shoreline, and a crackdown on taxis and "black cabs" operating in the area.

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