China's 'ice city' Harbin sees tourism boom

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491 بار بازدید - 6 ماه پیش - (14 Jan 2024) CHINA WINTER
(14 Jan 2024)
CHINA WINTER TOURISM

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS

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LENGTH: 5'58

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Harbin, China -  10 January 2024

1. Various of aerials of ice and snow carnival park on the frozen Songhua River ++MUTE++
2. Various of tourists riding snowmobiles
3.  Various of aerials of people on the frozen river ++MUTE++
4. Various of people enjoying the ice

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Harbin, China -  11 January 2024

5. Mid of women taking photos
6. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Zhu Yandi, tourist from Beijing:
“We have experienced the customs and geographical appearances which are very different from where we live. There are a lot of Russian-style buildings. People in northeast China are very hospitable and welcoming. Generally speaking, it is very cold here but people are closely rallied to form an atmosphere that is very heartwarming.”

7. Various of tourists enjoying the ice
8. Various of open sleighs taking tourists around the park

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Harbin, China -  10 January 2024

9. Various of aerials of ice drifting ++MUTE++

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Harbin, China -  11 January 2024

10. Mid of tourists enjoying ice drifting
11. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Gao Yuqing, tourist from east China’s Shandong Province:
“Harbin is like a world of ice and snow, and its temperature is the most attractive to us. It is quite cold in my hometown now, but not as cold as it is here. We want to try something extreme, such as eating ice cream on the streets of Harbin in winter. It feels pretty good.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Harbin, China -  8 January 2024

12. Various of tourists in Harbin’s snow sculpture park

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Harbin, China -  11 January 2024

13. Various of aerials of Sophia Cathedral, a former Russia Orthodox church, and the square ++MUTE++
14. Various of tourists in the square
15. Various of women wearing costumes doing photo shoot in front of the church
16. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Ma Junming, tourist from northeast China’s Liaoning Province:
“My costume is fairy style, so I wish I can be beautiful and look like an angel.”

17. Various of women in costumes
18. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Sheng Shuliu, tourist from southeast China’s Jiangsu Province:
“To me it’s like checking in on a internet-famous travel spot and I am happy I can do it. But it is a bit too cold.”

19. Mid tilt-up of the cathedral building
20. Close of top of the cathedral building
21. Wide pan on exterior of a photography studio window display
22. Various of women inside studio
23. Various of Lin Zixi working in the studio
24. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Lin Zixi, owner of Feiya Travel Photography Studio:
“We’ve caught up with this wave of popularity and the business is much better than we expected. So many people are coming. There are more than 100 studios in this underground floor and each is full of customers.”

++NIGHT SHOT++
25. Various of photographer instructing customer on posing

26. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Lin Zixi, owner of Feiya Travel Photography Studio:
“The amount of work becomes too big. Photographers cannot afford to work from 10am to midnight so we have to arrange three shifts to handle the large number of customers.”

27. Various of aerials of Sophia Cathedral and the square ++MUTE++


STORYLINE:
LEADIN:

In Harbin, north-eastern China, the winter tourism economy is thriving thanks to its winter events and activities.

Thousands of tourists have flocked to the city to enjoy its ice and snow festival and cultural offerings.

STORYLINE:






Various topics related to Harbin have dominated the trending list across different social media platforms too.

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