Located at the Liaodong Peninsula in northeast China, Dalian borders the Yellow Sea in the east, and the Bohai Sea in the west. Dalian has a total area of 13,237 square kilometers and a population of 6.17 million (2010). Dalian is a famous seaside tourism city and a summer resort thanks to its islets scattered all over like stars, picturesque scenery, pleasant climate, beautiful buildings in the city proper, and fascinating night scenes. Dalian is one of the many cities in China where there are no longer many bicycles, and where there are few motorcycles, because their sale is prohibited.
Dalian, as an important coastal city in north China, known as the "pearl of north China". It is the new established northeast Asia tourism center city; also it is one of the first batch of China's three "national best tourism cities". Depending on good resources advantage, convenient location conditions and strong regional economic support, Dalian Tourism is developing very rapidly.
Tourism in the urban economic development in the industry, position, and gradually increase the economic role of the tourism industry to boost the urban economy, social employment, driving force, as well as the promotion of the role of culture and the environment becomes increasingly obvious. Tourism is a pillar of China's economic development industries.
. Dalian is the famous summer resort and tourist hotspot city close to the mountain and the sea with pleasant climate and beautiful environment; it is not only rich in modern Chinese cultural history tourism resources, but also has many beautiful natural tourism resources.
Dalian has many kinds of types of tourism resources, such as city, sea, harbors, bays, islands, forest, springs, mountains, river, etc... Seaside scenery is the main body of Dalian tourism resources. Its sea, beach, sand, scene and mountain, island and reef, road and others are exquisitely combined, one integrated mass, forming a gorgeous, distinctive seaside tourism landscape, such as sweet and romantic Binhai Road, beautiful and charming Xinghai Square, colorful Haizhiyun Square, and others like the Xinghai Park, the Tiger Beach Ocean Park, Bangchui Island, Jinshi Beach National Holiday Resort, etc...
