Fascinating Beijing - A Treasury of Chinese Tourism and Cultural Fun Facts

Author: Chang Lin
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Culture is the soul of tourism; without culture, tourism is pale and lacks vitality. Due to China's vast territory and rich resources, natural and cultural landscapes across the country are extremely abundant. In recent years, some publishers have planned and published tourism culture books from various perspectives, attempting to explore these treasures of tourism culture. However, tourism culture books closely integrated with tourism landscapes, fully reflecting (interest), being easy to understand, and rich in illustrations are still scarce. Therefore, the Tourism Education Press, in collaboration with the People's Education Departments and training centers of tourism bureaus in various provinces and cities, has organized authoritative experts in the industry to jointly compile this series of "China Tourism Culture Fun Facts Treasury." This series is a tourism culture reading material that combines knowledge and (interest). The content is rich, covering many aspects of tourism culture knowledge, including local history, geography, cultural relics, historic sites, architecture, gardens, religion, cuisine, shopping, accommodation, entertainment, celebrities, and folk customs. Overall, this series has the following features:
1. Typical Selection, Strong Interest: When compiling materials, the authors of the series have carefully selected topics that best reflect local tourism characteristics, are rich in legends, and have strong readability, ensuring the (interest) of the content.
2. Authoritative Authors, Accurate Knowledge: The authors of this series are industry experts recommended by tourism bureaus in various provinces and cities. They are not only familiar with local tourism resources but also possess rich writing experience and solid language skills, guaranteeing the accuracy of the content.
3. Breaking Tradition, Unique Compilation: The series breaks away from traditional writing formats by designing ten to twelve themed chapters. Each chapter breaks down knowledge into smaller, manageable units, allowing readers to freely choose learning points based on their interests, thereby enhancing the practicality of the series.
4. Flexible Layout, Illustrations and Text: The series fully considers the reading habits of modern readers. On one hand, it includes representative and culturally meaningful images; on the other hand, it adopts a humanized design for the layout, aiming to increase readers' interest in reading.
This series serves as both a knowledge guide for tour guides and a teaching material for training organized by tourism administrative authorities. Additionally, general tourists and students of tourism schools can read this book to broaden their knowledge and improve their cultural literacy.