Although the weather is cold, tourists still go out to enjoy the winter beauty of the park, which is wrapped in a silver-white layer of frost and snow after the recent heavy snowfall.
The city has grown as a sailing hub since its designation as the 2008 Olympics maritime-sports venue, but it also draws visitors with its history, and colonial-era architecture.
The Phoenix Peninsular (or Fenghuangdao) Tourist Resort on the west coast of Qingdao was listed as a national tourism resort by the National Tourism Administration on Oct 9.
