Ningbo-Nice Begins on September 28th

Category: Ningbo News
Published: Wednesday, 09 May 2018 11:04

On the afternoon of May 2nd, the 2018 Ningbo-Nice International Carnival Organizing Committee held a press conference in Beijing to welcome global tourists to Ningbo for the original "cultural feast" held from September 28th to October 3rd.

As starting point of the maritime Silk Road, Ningbo is recognized as a "living fossil" that records the history of the ancient Silk Road. In recent years, based on port advantages, Ningbo aims to establish itself as an international port city, a city of Oriental civilization and strives to become a forerunner for the construction of The Belt and Road. And 2018 Ningbo nice Carnival will boost the construction of international leisure tourism destination to build a new brand of "cultural tourism on the Maritime Silk Road" in twenty-first Century.

It is reported that the theme of the carnival is "the king of universe". The main activities are composed of the opening ceremony, the closing ceremony, the 2018 "China EU tourism year", floats cruising and performance teams with a total of 10 rounds of tour activities. The supporting activities consist of the Ningbo-Nice Carnival mascot collecting, the French culture month, the Sino French food festival, the Sino French creative markets, the Ningbo-Nice cultural tourism industry conference and the cooperation signing ceremony.

The French "Nice Carnival" will be integrated into the Ningbo-Nice Carnival with seven floats, 5 large pieces of machinery and 40 Nice mascots transported from France to Ningbo. The "goddesses" on the 12 floats will send flowers to the audience, of whom 6 will be invited from FrancThe other 6 will be selected in a beauty pageant "the goddesses of floats" carried out by the organizing committee. In addition, 10 top performing teams all around the world will provide interactive shows in the form of tour array. At that time, the "BAT Dance Angel" from France's Nice local performance teams will make their debut in Ningbo, China.

  The organizing committee has issued the official WeChat and Weibo accounts—"Ningbo-Nice Carnival"; the official website "www.ningbonice.com" is about to be online