Mobile Toilets in Shanxi Park Scenic Area

During the May Day holiday, the Jinci Park scenic area in Shanxi temporarily converted a men's restroom with the highest foot traffic at the entrance into a women's restroom and dispatched buses to serve as mobile men's restrooms to alleviate the long queues at women's restrooms.

Specific Measures

• Converting Men's Restroom to Women's Restroom: During the May Day holiday, the Jinci Park scenic area in Shanxi addressed the prominent issue of long queues at women's restrooms by temporarily converting a men's restroom with the highest foot traffic at the entrance into a women's restroom. This change quickly increased the number of toilet stalls for women, effectively alleviating the pressure of queuing for female tourists and enhancing their restroom experience.
• Buses as Mobile Men's Restrooms: The scenic area dispatched buses to serve as mobile men's restrooms. These buses were parked in areas around the park that did not obstruct tourist movement or detract from the appearance of ancient buildings, ensuring the normal order of the scenic area and preventing damage to the overall landscape of the ancient structures. Electronic screens on the buses displayed the words "Mobile Public Toilets" in a scrolling manner, and signs indicating "Men's Restroom" were posted on the buses for easy identification by tourists. Moreover, the facilities inside the buses were complete, clean, and tidy, and they were open to male tourists free of charge, providing convenient restroom conditions.

Implementation Effects

By implementing these optimization measures, during peak tourist periods, the average daily reception capacity of restrooms in this area increased significantly from about 3,000 person-times to 5,000 person-times. This indicates that the measures effectively improved the utilization efficiency of restrooms, met the restroom needs of more tourists, and alleviated the problem of restroom shortages in the scenic area during holidays.

Follow-up Arrangements

This measure was implemented for the first time this year. After the May Day holiday, the mobile men's restrooms in the form of buses may be removed, and the normal use of men's restrooms may be restored. However, considering the significant effect of this measure in alleviating restroom shortages, it may be continued during future holidays to better cope with the increased restroom demand brought about by the large influx of tourists during holidays.