Consulting Service of Tourism
Consulting Service of Tourism
Aiming at gaining the award of "Top Tourist City of China" and to implement the function of the travel service of Ningbo, four Tourist Service Consulting Centers of Ningbo have been set respectively at Ningbo Airport, Ningbo Railway Station, Ningbo Wharf and North Bus Station of Ningbo by the Tourism Bureau of Ningbo.
Each consulting center shall fulfil the responsibilities below: 1) helping the tourists to choose travel routes, offering computer consulting service; 2) offering traffic information; 3) offering general information about travel agencies, scenic spots, hotels, restaurants, shops, cinemas, and hospitals; 4) booking traffic tickets and making reservation for the tourists; 5) helping the tourists to find receiving units; 6) introducing all kinds of travel information and regulations; 7) opening the travel consulting lines, answering the question of the tourists; 8) selling materials or books on travel and travel souvenir etc; 9) surveying the ungrouped tourists, collecting information on travel; 10) replying other consulting of the passengers.
Public Signs in the City
Standard and specific signs representing the public information are set in the public places such as the airport, stations and wharf etc in Ningbo to enhance the international and modern travel functions of Ningbo. Lots of signs made of stainless steel, guiding light boxes, and 138 light boards are set in Lishe Airport of Ningbo, which cost 70,000 RMB; 105 boards of public information are set in the Ningbo Railway Station costing 50,000 RMB; 85 boards of public information are set in the Passenger Traffic Port costing 20,000 RMB. The specific, standard and noticeable public information signs highlight the international features of Ningbo as well as implement the travel function of Ningbo City.
International Language Environment
The main roads of the urban area of Ningbo are set with 200 traffic-guide light boxes made of stainless steel in both Chinese and English. More than 6,000 public information signs are set in the public places such as streets and main units. More than 50 warning signs are set in the risk region of the scenic spots in Chinese as well as in English. Standard and noticeable public information signs and guiding signs in Chinese and English are set in all the foreign-related tourist hotels and scenic spots of Ningbo.
Public Facilities of the Service System
Ningbo has been equipped with more than 5,000 public telephones, 382 public telephones using IC cards by the end of 1998, which can meet the needs of the tourists and citizens for communication. The booths of the public telephones using IC cards in the tourist hotels, shops, schools and the main streets are signed with noticeable "Instruction" and "Guide for Buying IC Cards."
Night View of Ningbo and Night Entertainment.
The Zhongshan Road in the urban area of Ningbo is also called as "the First Road in East Zhejiang", beside which large department stores such as Hualian, stand like a forest. When nightfalls, tourists in Ningbo can go to Sanjiang Kou (where Yuyao River, Fenghua River and Yongjiang River joins altogether) to view the beautiful night scenery of Ningbo after go shopping on the Zhongshan Road. Tourists, no doubt, will be deeply attracted by Ningbo after shopping at varied stores on the commercial walking street of the Drum-tower and dinning on all kinds of snacks in the town God's Temple Trading Tower. By the way, tourists can also choose to dine in the revolving restaurant on the 35-storied Zhong-nongxin Plaza, the best place for appreciating the beautiful night view of Ningbo while enjoying delicious food. Performances of traditional Chinese operas at Lanjiang Theater, varied film halls, nightclubs and fitness centers are ideal places for tourists to get rid of the tire of travel.