Application to be filed for Qinghai Lake for national level-5A scenic area
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Application will be filed before the yearend for the Qinghai Lake Scenic Area in southwest China's Qinghai Province for the national 5A-level scenic area.
Once the application is approved by the National Tourism Administration, the scenic area will become the province's first national level-5A scenic area and is expected to promote tourism around Qinghai Lake and in the province at large.
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Qinghai Lake is China's largest inland lake and its largest salt-water lake. It is one of the top five most beautiful lakes in China ranked by China National Geographic magazine. [Photo: Global Times] |
Qinghai Lake, located at 3,205 m above sea level and covering an area of 4,583 sq km, is the largest inland and saline lake in China.
The lake water does not have a single color, but have a variety of colors during different seasons and when viewed from different angles. The shades range from light green, blue, green, and grey, to orange and yellow.
As one of the top five most beautiful lakes in China ranked by China National Geographic Magazine, the lake attracts numerous visitors every year.
By now, Qinghai Province has eleven world-class scenic spots, 52 national ones, 20 national level-A scenic areas and 13 at national 4A level.
Qinghai Lake was designated as a national level-4A scenic spot in 2007. Compared with those level-4A scenic spots, the level-5A ones are more tourist-oriented, more humanistic and pay more attention to details.
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Qinghai Lake is China's largest inland lake and its largest salt-water lake. It is one of the top five most beautiful lakes in China ranked by China National Geographic magazine. [Photo: Global Times] |
The scenic area will be only granted the level-5A after assessment from twelve related aspects including tourist transport, environment and safety.
In the past two years, the Management Bureau of Qinghai Lake Scenic Area has been making greater efforts to improve the infrastructure in the area and related services. Recently, the scenic area became the province's first tourism service standardization pilot scenic area.
With major work on catering, accommodation, transport, traveling, shopping and entertainment, the scenic area will introduce a service system that will not only showcase the characteristics of Qinghai, but also meet the needs of a modern tourist service industry.
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