Tourists enjoy their tour at the Xiangshawan holiday resort. It is also known as the Resonant Sand Gorge, as makes them "singing sands", which can produce a roaring or booming sound when disturbed.[Provided to China Daily]

Yang Qijun, general manager of Desert Player, a Mongol rally club, said the Kubuqi area not only has a unique landscape but also multimillion-dollar resources that can be used for sustainable development.

“Desert Player will build up a worldwide reputation for outdoor sports and host various competitions and games to encourage more tourists to get involved,” Yang said. All the players are obsessed with the desert and they will get involved in all kinds of volunteer work, such as oasis preservation, to make the desert a better place for games and tourism, he added.