According to Qingdao News, the Golden Beach Culture and Tourism Festival is to begin on August 8 and end on October 20. Huge masses of entertainment await you, so come on down to enjoy a fresh and cool summer without excessive crowding!

Eight categories of activities include the Tourism Festival opening ceremony and Beer Carnival, Mass Culture and Sports, Huangdao Tourism Ambassador Election, International Beach Soccer, Golden Beach Music Festival, etc. People can participate, entertain themselves and learn a low carbon lifestyle in these activities. The Golden Lens—the top prize in domestic news photography—award ceremony will be held from August 17 to 21 in the Qingdao Development Zone. Photographers shall give full reports on the natural beauty, city style and features, folk customs and cultural history of Qingdao’s West Coast.

The China Qingdao Phoenix Island Tourism Festival is a great annul event for Qingdao’s West Coast, and it is a public benefit activity hosted by the management committee of Qingdao Economic and Technical Development Zone and Huangdao District Government, with a 12-year history of success.

By Audrey and Liu Aizhang