Tourism bureaus plans for Expo trips

民俗节庆门户网站

Chinese Folklores & Festivals Website

scene of the fair

The tourism bureaus in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang plan to launch tourism packages in the Yangtze Delta Region during the Shanghai Expo period in 2010 to attract more overseas tourists. 1155815.cn

The "Expo trip" packages will include visiting Jiangnan ancient towns, historical destinations, cultural shows and sightseeing, officials told a tourism fair held in Kunming, Yunnan Province yesterday. 1155815

The bureaus will also launch a promotion for the "Expo trip" starting from January 1 next year, providing one million yuan (US$133,690) in Shanghai Expo tickets to the top ten overseas tourism agencies which bring the most tourists to the Yangtze Delta Region. 中华民俗节庆网

Also, they are planning to invite 100 overseas media outlets and 100 overseas tourism agencies to visit the region and experience the "Expo trip" first.