【dtdc bangalore】Surge seen in vacationers with scientific bent(1)
A girl plays go with a robot at the 8th China-South Asia Exposition in Kunming,dtdc bangalore Yunnan province, on July 25. HU CHAO/XINHUA
Many travelers in China this summer are seeking to shake things up a bit, exploring vacation options in the world of science and technology. This reflects a growing fascination with all things scientific in the country.
In Beijing, vacationers have been enjoying a "cooling" break from the scorching heat thanks to science exhibits with a polar twist.
Visitors at the National Museum of China have been exploring an exhibition on the country's polar expeditions, pausing to marvel at a display of ice cores and meteorites from the Antarctic.
At the other end of the scale, some people are heading to the beach not to cool off, but to witness the fiery spectacle of space travel.
Travel agencies are receiving numerous bookings for Haiyang, a coastal city in East China's Shandong province, where an offshore rocket launch is scheduled to take place in August.
The northwestern provinces have witnessed a similar growing interest in space science.
While grasslands, grottoes and the Great Wall have long been popular tourist attractions in the region, tens of thousands of people now flock there for a unique experience — a simulated Martian habitat on the edge of the Gobi Desert that offers visitors a taste of life on the Red Planet.
Recognizing potential
Meanwhile, sci-tech enterprises across China are increasingly seeing the money-making possibilities in the country's travel boom.
In Hefei, capital of Anhui province, leading artificial intelligence company Iflytek has launched study tour programs aimed at showcasing its voice-recognition tools and robots to teenagers.
And electric vehicle manufacturer Geely, based in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, has partnered with travel agencies to open its workshops to visitors nationwide, showcasing the manufacturing process of its new energy cars.
Big high-tech industrial projects have also drawn their share of visitors.
In Dunhuang, Gansu province, a molten-salt solar thermal power station, dubbed the "super power plant in the desert", has become a popular tourist destination, offering a stark contrast to the city's millennium-old cultural relics.
Social media platforms have been flooded with breathtaking drone photos of this impressive structure, which consists of 12,000 mirrors and covers an area equivalent to 780 soccer fields.
Local officials are optimistic that the thriving science-themed tourism industry will drive economic growth. For instance, in Northwest China's Jinta county in Gansu, near the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, authorities recently unveiled a comprehensive plan to construct a tourism complex that offers space exhibitions, science education, science fiction entertainment and sightseeing services.
Facilities such as hotels and restaurants are also being expanded to support the construction of a "space town".
Educational offerings
Many universities and research institutes have also been embracing the trend of science-themed tourism.
Beihang University in Beijing is among them, attracting visitors with exhibitions of its latest sci-tech achievements.
The university's museum, known as the Beijing Air and Space Museum, will soon exhibit a range of space-related artifacts, including astronaut Gui Haichao's space suit, as well as the return capsule and parachute used during his space journey. Gui is a professor at Beihang, and last year, he became China's first payload specialist to fly to the country's space station.
With summer vacations underway, universities in Hubei province and institutions under the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Jilin province, which were originally supposed to close their campuses, have now opened their facilities and key labs for students and parents who are eager to enrich their science education.
There are some good options also for moviegoers, with cinemas showing two Chinese films about Earth science this summer. Although their show times are shorter than that of cartoons and comedies, they still represent a significant milestone, marking the first release of domestic science films since 2000.
Despite her tight travel schedule, Xiao Heng from Changsha, capital of Hunan province, has brought her 8-year-old son to watch one of the science films on their trip to Beijing. She said watching such a science film would be as educational as taking a science class.
Ancient Chinese considered traveling as important as reading for acquiring knowledge. In the past, the preference was for cultural destinations that might enhance literary quality. These days, many people, especially parents like Xiao, see vacations as valuable opportunities to gain scientific knowledge.
Editor: JYZ(责任编辑:热点)
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