Celebrating tourism day at top Putuo attractions
POPULAR attractions in the Changfeng area of Putuo District received a large number of visitors yesterday, which was the annual China Tourism Day.
With strict novel coronavirus prevention measures, Changfeng Park, Changfeng Ocean World and LEGOLAND Discovery Center have seen a rapid rebound in the number of visitors. The sites were closed after the outbreak and reopened in March as the epidemic waned.
Parts of the attractions, such as 4D theaters at the ocean world and the Lego center, remain closed to ensure safety, while the number of visitors is limited.
Visitors must undergo temperature checks before entering the sites. Staff disinfect the facilities more frequently.
At the Lego center, public areas are sterilized once every two hours, while the toilets are disinfected once an hour. The entertainment facilities are disinfected for every customer. The air conditioning has been shut down and replaced by a ventilation system to ensure fresh air at the indoor site.
A daily limit of 2,500 visitors has been set for the ocean world, which has a capacity to receive 10,000 daily visitors, Ye Xianda, general manager of the ocean park and the Lego center, revealed.
The ocean park has launched an online adoption campaign. Visitors can adopt one of the 5,000 precious fish at the park and follow their growth through the Internet, Ye said.
For Children’s Day on June 1, the ocean world has teamed up with the popular children’s TV series “The Octonauts” to stage a variety of activities which will help young visitors learn about ocean and marine creatures, and raise their awareness of ocean protection, Ye added.
The ocean world is famous for two beluga whales which have recently left their home in the park for the world’s only open water sanctuary for beluga whales in Iceland.
An exhibition about the current living condition of the whales — Little White and Little Gray, both 14 years old — for local visitors has opened.
At Changfeng Park, visitors are encouraged to pick up fruit peels, paper, cigarette butts and other waste on the ground. Five such waste types can be exchanged for a gift from the park. The practice is part of events for the 10th China Tourism Day to promote civilized travel habits, said Luo Ying, a park official. Over 300 visitors took part in the event yesterday.
The M50 art hub, which has yet to fully reopen, has launched a 3D online exhibition for the tourism day.
The monthlong show features works from 19 galleries at the art park. The works on display are available for sale online.
May 19 has been China Tourism Day since 2001 to commemorate Xu Xiake (15861641), a Ming Dynasty traveler, geographer, historian and man of letters who began his famous travel journal on that day.