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The opening ceremony of Wuxi Water Sports Festival is held in Lihu Lake Scenic Area, Wuxi, on June 22. [Photo/thmz.com] |
The opening ceremony of the first Wuxi Water Sports Festival was held in Lihu Lake Scenic Area, Wuxi, June 22.
The festival was designed to promote "all-for-one tourism" and integrate tourism with sports in the city. It will last for the whole summer holiday, featuring nine tourism routes, all kinds of water sports and related productions.
The most attractive tourism route around Lihu Lake must be the West Lihu Lake hiking route. Going along the Li Embankment, Yufu Island and Bogong Island, the 5.6-kilometer route boasts beautiful water scenery.
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Water sports athletes stage an amazing performance on the opening ceremony of Wuxi Water Sports Festival on June 22. [Photo/thmz.com] |
Various public welfare activities during the festival call on citizens to take an active part in exercising and environmental protection, including a canoe race, a hiking event and a photo competition under the theme of the beauty of Lihu Lake.
Model workers from Wuxi have been invited to experience these water sports, and sailing lessons are available in the Jincheng Wan water sports base at Lihu Lake.
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Speedboats on Lihu Lake are popular with tourists. [Photo/thmz.com] |
