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Tourism key in growth equation
By Wang Yu (China Daily)
Updated: 2008-08-01 10:50 Tianjin's tour slogan "If a tourist wants to know more about China in the past century, then he or she cannot miss the chance of touring Tianjin, just an hour's drive southeast of Beijing."
She said it has been difficult to formulate a tourism slogan that describes Tianjin's attractions in a single sentence. "The city is truly multiple-faceted. What we are trying to do is to integrate all Tianjin's tourism treasures, disclose the city's charm and promote Tianjin's image worldwide." If Xi'an is well-known for its historical heritage over the past 5,000 years and Beijing is famous for its past millennium, then Tianjin can be proud to declare its many cultural, social and economic highlights over the past century, She said. Over the past 100 years, the city has witnessed the introduction of Western education, technology, architecture and financial systems, which are all worth touring and seeing, She stressed. With the Binhai New Area of Tianjin on the track to become the next growth engine of China, its significance and weight as a tourism destination increase further. In his report to the Tianjin People's Congress earlier this year, Mayor Huang Xingguo endorsed She's efforts and said the city should further develop modern services, including the tourism sector. In 2008, important work by the Tianjin tourism authority is integrating the city's tourism resources to further develop urban, leisure, business and exhibition-related tours, Tianjin mayor Huang said at this year's Tianjin People's Congress. (For more biz stories, please visit Industries)
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