Chinese tourists break into eco park, strip it of all its lotus flowers

BEIJING (ANN): The Longqiao Cultural and Ecological Park in Sichuan, China, was due to reopen soon, but is now forced to stay closed for the remainder of the year after Chinese tourists picked all of its lotus flowers.

The eco park is famous for its fields of lotus flowers that span about 250,000 square meters, as per South China Morning Post on July 2.