Celebrated: Sep. 14 to Oct. 6
Location: Shanghai
Shanghai Tourism Festival is an important tourist festival that is promoted
as the people's China tours festival and
has the phrase "entering happiness and pleasure" as its theme. It is sponsored
by the Shanghai Tourism Festival Organizing Committee Office.
History
The festival has been held annually in the middle of September for more than
twenty years since 1990, attracting eight million people to it. It acts as a
perfect event for locals Yangtze River
cruises and foreigners to discover China's fascinating culture and
history. A number of traditional and non-traditional entertainment programs are
held, and Shanghai's unique charms and native pleasures are well
displayed.
Activities
The festival always begins with a grand Opening Ceremony Parade of floats in
a very famous commercial street, Huaihai Road, at night. It's the highlight of
the festival, and has always drawn enthusiastic crowds, with great China business
tours numbers of floats and performing teams from China and other
parts of the world taking part.
Visitors can also enjoy a wealth of fun activities, including the Rugby
Sevens Championship, the Sailing Carnival, the Festive Boat Parade on the
Huangpu River, and the Shanghai International Music Fireworks
Festival.
Getting there: Huaihai Road can travel to
Shanghai be reached by bus 42, 167, 320, 911, 920 or 926.
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