North to the core of the Slender West Lake is the Grand Canal Resort, a new space for leisure time, tourism, and holidays in Yangzhou. Themed under the Great Canal Culture, the Resort provides the canal and garden related experience and follows the local leisurely cultural style of “having a nice tea in the morning and a comfortable bath in the evening”, thus forming 2 major themed projects. In the meantime, eight categories of tourism and leisure services have been developed, including cultural and ecological park, featured hotels, leisure blocks and streets, cuisine and delicacies, theme performance, healthy and gym clubs, night tours and festival celebrations and contests.
The canal and the renowned city have been evolving together for well over 1,000 years in Yangtze River and Huai River basins. Development plans for the Grand Canal Resort has been set out with a link with the history and the aspiration of modernization. The advantages as world heritage have been fully availed. The goal is to develop canal tourism and establish China’s International Canal Culture Tourism Destination, to present the brand image of leisurely and elegant urban life through the tourism resort to showcase the concept of “Millennial Canal Culture, Splendid Lifestyle”. Those travelers who love life, adore humanistic thoughts and enjoy tours, will suffice themselves in the Resort for its excellent cuisine, comfortable accommodation, convenient traffic, carefree tour, rich shopping options and joyful entertainment.
