Tianjin makes effort to become an excellent tourism city
Tianjin city in northern China will do ten substantial measures to develop local tourism and make it to become an excellent tourism city with construction of five state's AAAA level tourism areas.
First, by using local tourism resources to make Tianjin becomes a brand of characteristics, with sightseeing spots such as Polar Ocean World, ski resort, Panshan International Holiday Resort and Panshan Shaolin Temple of the North and some others. After the completion of the project, there will be 70 tourism villages with local specialties, 30 industrial tourism demonstrative zones and some agricultural sightseeing spots.
Second is to make Tianjin famous by using local festivals as substantial advertisements. Matzu Cultural Tourism Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Grape Cultural Festival and Ancient Street Cultural Shopping and so on.
Third, Tianjin will attach importance to economic efficiency. In 2009, Tianjin will receive about 1.41 million tourists from foreign countries and 77 million domestic travelers, these are having two digits percentage increase compared to last year. In 2011, Tianjin will attract about 2 million foreign tourists and tourism industry will occupy more than 6 percent of the city's GDP value.
Fourth is to build more five-star hotels and upgrade service quality. There will be about 15 five-star level hotels completed in town at the end of 2010. Set up tourism service centers, passenger terminals and tourism souvenir shops in Tianjin's various districts and counties. Also, updating the tourism information, complaint and emergency services, as well as the improvement in foreign language display of names in tourist attractions.
Fifth, to achieve a steady growth of inbound tourism. Make effort to attract foreign travelers to visit Tianjin and the city will send delegations to at least ten countries to promote inbound tourism.
Sixth is to improve local tourism service quality in accordance to international travel industry's standard.
Seventh, it is needed to innovate and vitalize the industry by fostering local market competitiveness, as well as grouping local travel agencies to be well organized and internationalized.
Eight, the travel industry is rely on Tianjin's traffic infrastructure, therefore an easy traffic network is vital to the city's tourism development. Accommodation, exhibition, leisure and shopping facilities are important accompaniments to tourism in Tianjin.
Ninth is to acknowledge that tourism is about every aspect and every detail in Tianjin.
Tenth is to learn from experienced tourism in foreign countries and introduce new management mechanisms to vitalize local travel industry
(This news article is a translation from Chinese texts for travel reference. It does not represent the views of AbsoluteChinaTours)
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