Weihai--The FIRST‘ State Clean City’‘State Gardens City’

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Weihai City is located in the east end of Shandong Peninsula.It has clear seasons and delightful weather; its environmental quality indexes, such as atmosphere quality, water quality and noises, are all up to the standards of China,which is the first ‘ State Clean City’,also the ‘State Gardens City’ and ‘Model City in Environment Protection’,a good place for tourism,summer vacation and health recuperation.

With the four seasons distinctively different, Weihai enjoys an agreeable climate. Backed by the mountain and facing the sea, the urban area is endowed with the charming surroundings .The environmental quality indexes such as atmosphere ,water and noise have reached or surpassed the national standards ,which makes Weihai an ideal place for tourism ,summer resort and recuperation.

Weihai has beautiful surroundings with mountain and sea, and many relics. Its cleanliness and pleasant weather attract a lot of tourists and is a famous tourist city. In 1997, this city has received tourists from home and abroad up to 4.48 million and 80,000 million person-time respectively, ranking first in Shandong province.There are over tens of scenic spots in the city, of which Liugong Island with many State's protected relics in memory of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Chengshantou named as "The end of the sky" has a beautiful landscape, where the emperors of Qin and Han Dynasties visited and is the scenic spot at the State level. Kunyushan was called the Ancestor of Fairy Mountain on Sea in history.The scenic spot of Tiechashan is the birthplace of Quanzhenism branch of Taoism, and have many relics. Rongcheng Swan Lake is the largest winter habitat of swans in northern China.There are rich underground spring and more than 70 of natural sea bathing places, and also built four province-class tourist resorts,including Huancui, Rushan Beach,Shidao Bay of Rongcheng and Swan Lake.There are 56 hotels( one four-star, eleven three-star and seven two-star) with over 9,000 beds. The three cities and one district under its jurisdiction all have star hotels and 18 travel agencies including three international agencies and 15 domestic agencies.