Boasting a newly recognized "national tourism and resort zone", the Phoenix Peninsula in Qingdao West Coast New Area is heading towards being among China's top resort destinations.
Tourists enjoy themselves in a verbena flower field in Western coast economic zone in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province, July 17, 2016. The verbena fields here, which cover an area of 130 mu (8.7 hectares), have attracted a good many tourists.
Taiqing Palace is located along the coast of Laoshan Mountain in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province. It is the largest Taoism palace on Laoshan Mountain with a history stretching back some 2,100 years.
A "duty-free" scheme has been launched in Qingdao allowing overseas visitors to receive a tax rebate on purchases from the 33 participating stores in the port city.
The coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong province, welcomed 1.85 million visitors during the Spring Festival Holiday from Feb 7 to 13, 15 percent up from the same period last year
