Beijing Travel Guide

Author: Du Feibao
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Publish Date: 1999-08-01
Features: This book contains approximately 230,000 words and introduces 234 newly developed tourist attractions in urban areas, suburban areas, and especially in the far suburbs (counties). During the writing process, the book highlights the following features:
First, it focuses on 42 tourist attractions in Beijing listed in the National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units and over 110 newly developed attractions in the near and far suburbs (counties), emphasizing the concept of "new" while ensuring the natural integration of natural and cultural landscapes in the content.
Second, it concisely presents Beijing's distinctive tourism culture knowledge from 29 aspects, providing readers with a relatively comprehensive understanding of Beijing's traditional culture.
Third, the descriptions of tourist attractions are arranged in the order of districts and counties, briefly outlining the economic, cultural, geographical, and historical of each area, allowing visitors to gain a relatively comprehensive understanding of the region while exploring its attractions.
Fourth, the book provides transportation routes, ticket prices, opening hours, contact numbers, and complaint numbers for tourist attractions for reference.
Please note that when using this book, travelers should verify the information, as the most up-to-date local data should be used.
In summary, the book strives to reflect scientificity, knowledge, interest, and practicality in its content and organization, with a focus on clarity and being illustrated. At the end of the book, there are directories of star-rated hotels, a list of Beijing travel agencies, local specialties and entertainment venues, tourist attractions and transportation options in the surrounding areas of Beijing, for the convenience of travelers.
It should be noted that the book references data published by the National Tourism and Cultural Relics Departments. For the first time in the main text, it introduces a "star rating" for famous scenic spots in Beijing to indicate their differences: "" denotes a highly recommended, place; "" is second; "" is third; and general attractions are not marked with a star. Some attractions are not included in the book due to incomplete facilities or inconvenient transportation.