Yinzhou gained 571 million yuan in National Day festival week

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Category: Ningbo District

Published: Monday, 15 October 2012 09:04

Statistics show that in the 8 festival holidays, the number of tourists the major scenic spots in Yinzhou received amounts to 942,400, 30.47% more than the same period in the previous year; and the income from tourism totals 571 million yuan, making new highs in both the total of tourists and the total of income.

On October 1, the district over 20,000 cars of self driving tourists, and this number covers 70% of the total of tourists going to the scenic spots. The occupancy rate of hotels is over 80%.

In the first three days during the National Day holiday week, self driving travelers swarmed to such scenic spots as Wulongtan, Tiantong Temple, Ningbo Museum, Tiangong Fazenda and Qinshuiwan Farmers' Inn. On October 2 alone, Tiantong Scenic Spot received about 10,000 cars of self drivers, some coming from Jiangsu, Shanghai, Fujian and even from Shandong.

Thanks to the policy support, Yinzhou has 20 museums that open for free to tourists. During the National Day festival holiday week, Ningbo (Yinzhou) Museum hosted the Exhibition of China Photoxylographical Printing Works and the exhibition of dinosaurs together with interactive activities. Ningbo Clothes Museum and and the Zizhufang Arts Gallery had continuous streams of visitors.

Statistics show that in the eight days, Ningbo (Yinzhou) Museum received 72,2000 visitors. Wanda Plaza had 88,000 visitors, with the business income reaching about 100 million yuan.

In the week, the farmers' inns in the district received 86,000 tourists.

The old revolutionary bases were favored by a large number of tourists. According to incomplete statistics, the revolutionary bases like Siming Mountain Cemetery of Revolutionary Martyrs and others received 50,000 visitors

Railway-sea container linkage system launched

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Category: Ningbo District

Published: Tuesday, 02 October 2012 15:03

Ningbo Port Group and Xiangyang Municipal Government signed the modern logistics agreement for strategic partnership on the morning of September 28. The establishment of the Xiangyang Branch of Ningbo Port International Container Co. Ltd. and Xiangyang Office of Ningbo Port Southeast Logistics Co. Ltd. marks the official launch of Xiangyang-Ningbo railway-sea container linkage system.

As an important industrial city and transportation hub, Xiangyang features prosperous automobile manufacturing and textile industry. By fully playing its role as a transportation hub city with Xiangyang North Railway Station being the Asia's largest unidirectional longitudinal type of railway station, the city will make joint efforts with Ningbo Port Group to accelerate the opening of the special trains for transporting container cargoes from Xiangyang and its surrounding regions to Ningbo Port economically and conveniently.

Ningbo Port has before opened the railway-sea linkage system in such areas as inside Zhejiang Province, Jiangxi Province, the three provinces in the Northeast China, Xi'an and Chengdu.

Eco-tourism in Beilun well received

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Category: Ningbo District

Published: Monday, 15 October 2012 09:00

"Local visitors can have free access to Jiufeng Mountain Scenic Spot and the tickets for outside tourists are only 20 yuan." "The view is fabulous along the 100-kilometer free-access footpath." "The low travel cost makes it affordable to travel in Beilun District." These are just some of the comments by tourists on the local online forum and microblogs, speaking highly of the low-expenditure eco-tourism in Beilun District.

"In the first three days of the holiday, the total passenger volume by the public traffic system reached over 210,000, up by 30% over the same period last year. Last year, the tourists focused on the golden traveling line of 'Fenghuang Mountain-Jiufeng Mountain-Yangsha Mountain', and this year, the tourists poured to almost all the corners of the central eco-zone with an area of 100 square kilometers." said Su Shengwei, Deputy General Manager of Beilun Public Transportation Company, who has been paying attention to the tourist distribution and the command and adjustment of vehicles the past few days. Different from the previous years, besides the tourism in the traditional mountain areas, the tourists to the green landscape and leisure zones in the downtown area and to the shopping malls also exploded.

Such hot spots as Fenghuang Mountain Amusement Park and the downtown Central Square were crowded with tourists. "In this holiday, by taking a walk under the green street trees and in the parks full of osmanthus fragrance, people can enjoy a green life even in the downtown area without having to go to the mountain areas." "Eco-green" is becoming a new feature of Beilun District.

In the past few years, Beilun District has made great efforts to achieve the "green transformation" by investing over two billion yuan in building "forest Beilun". So far, the forest coverage rate in the district has reached 45.9%, and the coverage rate in the urban area has reached 35.2%.

"We are now in the harvest period for our livelihood traveling." said an official from Beilun District Tourism Burea. Taking into consideration the demand for outdoor space proposed by the urban development of Ningbo, Beilun District is making full use of its green transformation and rich eco-resources to accelerate the transformation of urban green space facilities and develop the balanced eco-tourism pattern covering both urban and mountainous areas

Ritual kicks off fishing festival

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Category: Ningbo District

Published: Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:13

A grand sacrificial ceremony held in Xiangshan of Ningbo last Sunday kicked off the 15th China Fishing Festival. Xiangshan, the famous fishing county, is one of the six largest fishing ports in China.

Luo Fuhe, Vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), announced the opening of the 15th China Fishing Festival. Meanwhile, many government officials, related experts and scholars from many international and national marine organizations, marine research institutes, colleges and universities attended the ceremony together with other honored guests home and abroad.

After Ma Weiguang, Ningbo's Vice Mayor, delivered an opening speech, Zhao Limin, director of the Provincial Oceanic and Fisheries Bureau, announced the beginning of the fishing season. Exactly at 12 o'clock at noon, with the first sound of the gong as a symbol for sailing, thousands of ships were leaving for their "first fishing journey".

In local tradition, the fishermen in Xiangshan hold a sacrificial rite for the sea at the beginning of each fishing season, appreciating the bounty of the ocean and praying for safety and good harvest. The China Fishing Festival was first launched in 1998. Up to now, it is successfully held annually throughout 14 years. Over the past 14 years, the China Fishing Festival has developed diversified features. It comprises of ceremonies, forums, performances, trade and tourism, and a dozen of colorful activities. In recent years, the sacrificial ceremony became a major part of the China Fishing Festival, which aims to promote the fishing culture of the region.