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The Bund, maglev, F1 circuit voted top 3 tourist sites
24/5/2005 17:40

Jane Chen / Shanghai Daily news

The Bund, the magnetic levitation train, and the Formula One circuit have been voted by Shanghai people as the top three favorite tourist sites in a latest citywide poll, today's Youth Daily newspaper revealed.
This is the Shanghai part of a nationwide tourist site poll organized by the Chinese National Geography magazine.
The Youth Daily, the only authorized media to conduct the local voting, said it has received more than 3,000 votes since it published the ballots at the end of April.
The 21 sites winning high popularity include traditional sites such as the Yu Garden, Zhujiajiao town and the Shanghai Old Town shopping street and new recreation venues such as Xintiandi recreation center, Pudong International Airport, Daning Green Park, the maglev train and the F1 track.
What's most impressive is that the Shanghai Expo Park, which is still under construction, has earned similar high voting to the Bund, according to Wang Xiangcai, vice secretary general of Shanghai Tourist Industry Association.  The park was voted as "the site people are most longing for" with the highest voting of 2,560 ballots.
Wang explained this as a reflection of young people's preference for modern venues.  Modern, fashionable and changeable are Shanghai's key characteristics, he noted.