fficials in China are getting creative in an effort to try to attract more tourists to the vast Asian nation. In an effort to ramp up their tourism industry, Chinese officials announce they are seeking capital to build the world's first "women's only" town in the 2.3-square-km Longshuihu village in the Shuangqiao district of Chongqing.

The so-called women's only town is based on the concept that women come first-and men must obey a women's order or face punishment for disobedience.

According to the report, tour groups who enter the town are subject to the town rules. Female tourists who come to the "women's only" town are expected to assume the dominant role when making decisions such as where to eat and which to hotel to stay at; men who are non-compliant with the women's wishes are subject to such punishment as "kneeling on an uneven board" or "washing dishes in a restaurant."

While, China's tourism board is planning to invest some $26 million into the town to help fund the city's infrastructure, including roads and buildings and other necessary improvements, officials in China say they are soliciting investors at the local level and around the world to help fund the project.

Beginning in 2005, the women's only town is expected to take some three to five years to finish.