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Tourism
Guangzhou
's tourism market has been developing healthily. The total tourists
received by the City of Guangzhou in the full year amount to 71.3897
million person-times and the overnight tourists total 23.6982 million
person-times. Among them, domestic tourists are 20.0729 million
person-times and overseas tourists are 3.6254 million person-times (1.017
million person-times of foreign tourists and 2.6084 million person-times
of tourists from Hong Kong and Macao ). The gross revenue of tourism
business is RMB 45.503 billion yuan. Influenced by SARS, the tourism
industry of the first half year has gone through unprecedented strike.
After SARS, the kick-off ceremony of “Tourist Safety Promotion Day”
& ”Sunshine Action-Travel in Guangzhou” has been held in main
venue on Beijing Road and in 12 sub-venues all over the city. The activity
of “Travel Heating the Goat City” which includes the activities of
three theme months, namely “Million Citizen Leisure Travel”, “Summer
Travel Merry Month-Grand Fancy Car Parade”, and “Domestic and Foreign
Tourists Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival-Flower Boat Parade” has been
unfolded by the opening ceremony of “Anti-SARS Heroes Guangzhou Tour”.
Moreover, large-scale activities, such as the 16 th Guangzhou
(International) Food Festival, Guangzhou International Travel Fair 2003,
the 17 th Guangzhou (International) Food Festival, etc., have also been
held to restore and revitalize the tourism economy.
Eight
new resorts of the Goat City
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Cloudy
mountain and folded green: Baiyun Mountain has always been one grand
famous mountain in South China . Since ancient times, it has been
titled as “The First Beauty of Goat City”. The peak is Mt. Moxing
with the altitude of 382m, renowned as “The First Peak of Tiannan”.
The whole landscape area is 30m 2 with green coverage ratio more than
95%. Ancient trees stretching up into the sky are everywhere. Green
hills and clear waters, as well as bird twitter and flower fragrance
can fascinate anyone.
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Pearl
River at night: Peal River is the mother river of Guangzhou . 23
kilometers of scenery corridor has been gradually shaped along Pearl
River . The water is clearer each day and the most amazing is the
night scene of Pearl River . When night comes, with the light shining,
the five big bridges-People Bridge , Liberation Bridge , Haizhu Bridge
, Jiangwan Bridge , and Haiyin Bridge-will resemble five rainbows
falling upon the world. Gorgeous lights and emerald trees are produced
along the river, and the beautiful and shining cruise ships will
leisurely make their ways in the river.
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New
sunshine of Yuexiu: Yuexiu mountain is also called Yuexiu mountain,
getting its name after the ancient Yue Wang Terrace. Yuexiu Park ,
located between the two main trunk roads-Huanshi Road and Dongfeng
Road -is now the biggest comprehensive cultural and recreational park
in Guangzhou . Leaning on Yuexiu Mountain , it covers 0.8215 million m
2 . On the other hand, surrounded by downtown area, it is not only
proud of its Five-Goat Statue and Zhenhai Tower (the two landmark
architectures of Guangzhou ), but also famous for its lake view and
mountain scene as well as its quietness in noisy city.
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Tianhe
Waterfall: the new axis line of Guangzhou stretches from Shougou
Mount, Zhongxin Plaza , Tianhe Sports Center , Central Avenue of
Zhujiang New city, and Haixin Sha Island to Chigang (south of Pear
River ). The most beautiful place along this axis line is the area of
Green Square of Eastern Train Station and Zhongxin Plaza . In this
area, the waterfall at Guangzhou Eastern Train Station is especially
notable, attracting many people into calling it “Huangguoshu of
Guangzhou”. Closely adjacent to the waterfall is the Urban Green
Square , area of which is ranked as the third largest in China . This
square covers about 0.1 million m 2 and the green area is 4.7 hectare.
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Ancestral
temple famed nowadays: Chen Clan Ancestral Temple, built in the 16 th
year of the Guangxu rein of Qing Dynasty (1890), was the academy of
all the Chen clans in 72 counties of the then Guangdong Province.
Savoring the architectures of South China necessitates visiting
Guangzhou 's Xiguan and Chen Clan Ancestral Temple is just the symbol
of Xiguan architectures. In this temple that is renowned for its
“Three-Sculpture” (stone sculpture, wood sculpture, and brick
sculpture), “Three-Modeling” (ceramic modeling, plaster modeling,
and color modeling), and “One-Cast” (iron), arts of folk
architectural decorations prevailing in South China are assembled.
Chen Clan Ancestral Temple is also called “Top Temple of Guangdong”.
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Huanghua
bright moon: it was called Honghua Gang previously and built to
commemorate the Huangxin-led Guangzhou Revolt by Revolutionary Party.
On the front gate-tower, there are large golden characters of
“Notable Spirit Forever” handwritten by Sun Yat-sen. Inside is the
230-meter-long grand tomb passage with green cypresses and exuberant
yellow flowers lining along the two sides. Past Pan Pool and the stone
arch bridge, the towering gravestone of the 72 martyrs appears in the
front.
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Five-ring
dawn: Guangdong Olympic Center is a modern comprehensive sports field
specially built for undertaking The 9 th National Games of People's
Republic of China. The main venue that can host an audience of 80012
people, covers the area of 0.3 million m 2 , and is one of the sports
fields in Asia that have the biggest scale and the best ancillary
facilities. The rooftop has completely broken the traditional design
concept of circular roofs adopted in most stadiums, and pioneers the
ribbon-style roof design in China . The 21 stands of various colors
look like 21 petals and when viewed together, they will resemble the
municipal flower of Guangzhou-kapok.
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Sea
view from lotus peak: altitude of the main lotus peak is 105m and it
is composed of 40 massifs. It gets its name-lotus hill- after the bolt
upright lotus stone on it. Coming to Panyun Lotus Hill Resort that is
called “Lotus Wonder”, you will find a style that is totally
different from that of Baiyun Mountain . Lotus Hill has the special
scene that combines ancient toughness and modern elegance together
while Baiyun Mountain is proud of its tenderness and pure beauty. Here
in Lotus Hill, the ancient quarry site left from ancient times has a
history more than 2,000 years (the only one in China ). This quarry
site is well-known for its rock spectacle that is characterized as
“accidental man-made wonder from the nature's creation”. The
cliff, astonishing rock, and strange caves have been enjoying the fame
of “man-made Danxia”. Climbing up the Lotus Hill, tourists can
also visit historic sites, such as lotus tower built in Wanli's rein
of Ming Dynasty, lotus city built in Kangxi's rein of Qing Dynasty,
etc.
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