The whole province has 16 national level
scenic areas including Hangzhou West Lake, Qiandao Lake, Putuo
Moutain, etc., 37 provincial level scenic areas including
Dongqian Lake, Nanbei Lake, etc., Hangzhou Zhijiang National
Tourist Holiday Resort and 14 provincial level tourist holiday
resorts including Xiaoshan Xianghu Lake, Shaoxing Kuaiji
Mountain, etc., as well as 38 AAA grade scenic areas (spots)
including Hangzhou Song Dynasty Town, Shaoxing Keyan, etc. It
also boasts to have 73 cultural relics under protection at
national level, and 279 cultural relics under the protection
at provincial level; and it has 78 forest parks at the
national and provincial level, 8 national natural preservation
zones and 8 provincial natural preservation zones, among which
Nanxi Island National Ocean Natural Preservation Zone is the
only one admitted into UN World Man & Biosphere Protection
Organization.
In addition, it has 5 national historic
and cultural cities, 12 provincial historic and cultural
cities, 16 of China¡¯s excellent tour cities, and 13 water
conservancy tourist spots at national and provincial level.
Moreover, the province has 4 national museums of tea, silk,
Southern Song Dynasty¡¯s imperial kiln and the Chinese
traditional medicine as well as a large number of provincial
level museums. ¡°Lyric Land, Scenic Zhejiang¡± is the tourism
theme for the province, which has its unique charming
characteristics integrating nature and culture beautiful
sceneries with rich historic figures and cultural
heritages.
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