Olympic Sailing No.26 On August 23, it was reported at the news conference held by Sailing Committee (Qingdao) of BOCOG that Qingdao would seize the historic opportunity to create a representative area for tourism and holiday in Northern China after Paralympic Sailing Regatta. Olympic Sailing Center would become a representative area for tourism, recreation and holiday that tourists from home and abroad would like to stay at. The Olympic Sailing Regatta had provided a historic opportunity to Qingdao to create a “Sailing City” and to make good use of the venues of the Competition. Before the Competition, Qingdao Municipal Government had invited experts for scientific demonstration and put forward a proposal to make high-end tourism product of China. During the Sailing Competition, the director of National Tourism Administration inspected the venues of Qingdao Olympic Sailing Regatta comprehensively and listened to the report on preparation work of making use of the venue in post-games period. After reading the scientific and convincing work report and inspecting the venues, the director from National Tourism Administration approved of the plan that the area from Olympic Sailing Base, Yinhai International Yacht Club, Qingdao Polar Ocean World to Shilaoren Golf Course would be the representative area for tourism and holiday in Northern China. |