Graceful-looking figures in chi-pao in century-old Liyuan buildings, classical European style floor-length skirts in Anna Villa, newly married couples taking wedding photos in the front of the Qingdao Catholic Church on Zhejiang Road, tourists waiting in long queues attracted by the fame of the internet-famous wall on Daxue Road, etc. A growing number of people choose to travel around Qingdao’s historical urban area in an immersive manner with the light and shadow art. Trip shoot is becoming a new trend, a new industrial mode and a new channel to invite traffic in Qingdao’s cultural tourism.

The historical urban area, which is an important destination for shooting trips in Qingdao, is getting increasingly famous thanks to the surging traffic, which has not only invited an endless stream of tourists, but also brought about new forms of business characterized by clear division of work and chain-type development. Qingdao’s historical urban area has currently boasted a dozen of brands on trip shoot including Ju Lan Xi She, Cheng Shi Lv Pai and Wei Lai Lv Pai, and accommodated a new form of business integrating clothing rental, scenario marketing, beauty makeup and photography following, becoming a new growth driver for the cultural tourism industry.  (Cao Sen)

Qingdao’s historical urban area is packed with tourists. By Xing Zhifeng