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Best tourist city

By Xin Dingding (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-02-09 10:50

They won the acclaim the first for any Chinese city based not only on what they are famous for, but also on a set of criteria compiled by the world tourism body.

The Melting Snow on the Broken Bridge, the most romantic scene of the ten must-see around the West Lake, Hangzhou City, East China's Zhejiang Province. The stone-arched Broken Bridge is where the characters of a famous Chinese folktale, Xu Xian and a beautiful girl, who is actually a white snake, first met and fell in love with each other. [Xinhua]

They range from clean accommodation, sanitary facilities, scenery and sights in an unpolluted environment to friendly service and availability of information.

They had to pass appraisal in such sectors as tourism resources, protection of natural scenery and cultural sights, communications and infrastructure, tourism facilities and services, as well as tourism marketing.

More cities are expected to apply for the title this year.