Chinese Seaside Resort Invites Designing Bids for BeachBeihai, a well-known seaside resort in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has invited bids for the design of a beach-based tourist and holiday zone in the city.Su Hongfei, head of tourism administration of Beihai City, said that they would select five to eight applicants from the bidding from November 11 to December 11, and organize a contest for the designs. A special panel consisting of domestic and overseas specialists will choose three best designs from the contest and the designer of each of the three best designs will be awarded US$100,000, according to Su. Beihai, situated on the northern side of Beibu Gulf, is one of China's most popular tourist cities. It hosts more than three million tourists annually. Yintan (silvery beach) Tourist and Holiday Zone extends 24 km and has an area of 34 sq km. Being one of the city's major scenic sites, the zone is best known for its vast beach featuring gentle waves, nice sand and no danger from sharks. Su added that they hoped to build Yintan tourist and holiday zone into Asia's best seaside attraction that will combine the purposes of holidays, sight-seeing, entertainment, recreation, sports and health care through the new designs. |
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