Asia & Indian Ocean Ceremony 2008

19 June 2008 – Shanghai

Asia & Indian Ocean

Destination

Shanghai has a history dating back 700 years, and was once the financial centre of the Far East. Since the reforms that began in the 1990s, great changes have taken place in the city and the municipal government is working towards building Shanghai into a modern metropolis and into a world economic, financial, trading and shipping centre by 2020.

Like everything in this region, Shanghai is changing fast and in recent years a number of new buildings and attractions have been added to the city. These include the Oriental Pearl TV Tower; Shanghai Museum; Shanghai Library; Shanghai Stadium; Shanghai Grand Theatre; Shanghai Circus City; Shanghai Science & Technology Museum; Shanghai City-Planning Exhibition Hall and Jin Mao Tower. They have literally changed the face of Shanghai.

The city has many colourful festivities, like the Shanghai Tourism Festival and Shanghai China International Art Festival and these have attracted an increasing number of tourists from home and overseas.

Shanghai's tourist infrastructure is getting more and more accomplished. There are more than 300 star-rated hotels with over 50,000 rooms. Shanghai is an ideal "paradise for shoppers, as well as a paradise for gourmets. There are over a thousand restaurants serving the 16 different styles of food in China, such as the Beijing, Sichuan, Guangdong, Yangzhou and Fujian. There are also Western restaurants serving French, Russian, Italian, English, German, Japanese and Indian food, and also Muslim and vegetarian food.

Shanghai is a flourishing city, and will host the 2008 World Travel Awards Asia and Indian Ocean Ceremony in June 2008, to coincide with official partner event, Asia Luxury Travel Market.

www.shanghai.gov.cn

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