青岛旅游业 金融危机中上演“撑杆跳”

Qingdao's Tourism Makes Jumping Development in the Financial Crisis

2009年5月，青岛市南区旅游联盟宣告成立。来自吃、住、行、游、购、娱等旅游相关行业。涵盖旅行社、星级宾馆、餐饮名店、景区（点）、商场、娱乐场所、运输公司、行业协会等在内的涉旅企业结成联盟抱团取暖，以此来融化金融危机的寒冰。

Nobody can tell how long Qingdao has been crowned with the title of ＂Oriental Switzerland.＂ However, as one of the most famous tourist cities in China, Qingdao has been well-known worldwide for a long time. In the 1980s, when the tourism industry was still rising in China, tourism had already played an important role in helping people to understanding Qingdao. It was through tourism that people worldwide got to know this city. While promoting Qingdao＇s reputation, tourism produced rich economic and social returns for Qingdao.