HARBIN – With China’s northeastern city of Harbin gaining prominence as a top winter destination, tourism bureaus nationwide are actively promoting local attractions and employing innovative strategies to entice visitors.
Featuring unique local traditions such as distinctive dressing-up, traditional dances and delectable cuisine, these efforts aim to captivate tourists in the lead-up to the week-long Spring Festival holiday.
Liu Hong, head of the culture and tourism bureau of the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Southwest China’s Sichuan province, has recently become a social media “celebrity” after a video of him strolling with a horse in a Tibetan robe and dressed as a swordsman while on a raft went viral on social media.
“I would like to be a social media ‘celebrity’ so long as I can promote my hometown Garze,” said the 52-year-old official, who has…