Travel
AIR: Qingdao International Airport, located in the Liuting, 26 km north to downtown of Qingdao, is served by airlines to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka (Japan), Soul, Pusan, Taegu (South Korea), as well as Hong Kong, Taipei (Taoyuan), Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou (Canton), and all the capital cities of the provinces of China. Transfers to the city centre can be made by taxi or shuttle bus for 40-60 minutes.
RAIL: Regular services run into Qingdao from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Fuzhou, Nanning, Xi’an, Taiyuan, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Nanchang, Dandong, Tonghua, etc. Travel time from Beijing to Qingdao is approximately 6 hours by express train, from Shanghai 10 hours.
ROAD: Qingdao is at the centre of south coast of the Shandong Peninsula, facing to the Yellow Sea. It is at the end of the Jinan-Qingdao Highway. Travel time from Jinan is approximately 3 hours.
From the airport to the Huanghai Hotel (the venue of the congress):
Travel by taxi is the most convenient method and is strongly recommended. It is about 40km from Liuting Airport to the Huanghai Hotel. The price based on the class of taxi ranges from 70~100 RMB.
Destination instructions and Chinese translations to show your taxi driver:
I'm going to the Huanghai Hotel. Thank you!
Time zone: GMT/UTC plus 8 hours
Useful Numbers:
Telephone, country code: +86; Qingdao code: 532 (call to Qingdao from other areas in China: 0532+local number)
Police: 110
Fire Department: 119
Ambulance: 120
Local directory assistance: 114
Currency and Bank Information:
The RMB (Renminbi) is the official currency, also called Chinese Yuan.
Only RMB can be used when you are in China. Visa, Master, American Express, Diners Club and JCB are widely accepted in most malls, shopping centers, restaurants and hotels.
Current exchange rate (December 2009):
1 USD ≈ 6.826 RMB
1 Euro ≈ 10.272 RMB
Electricity:
The electrical voltage in China is 220V.
Water:
Tap water is not suitable for drinking. Visitors are advised to drink boiled water, bottled purified water or mineral water. Complimentary bottled water may be offered in some hotels.
Sightseeing of Qingdao
Option A: Laoshan Scenic Area --- Polar Ocean World --- Olympic Sailing Center
Polar Ocean World Laoshan Scenic Area Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center
Option B: Beijiushui Scenic Area of Laoshan --- Chao-Yin waterfall---Olympic Sailing Center--- Tsingtao beer Museum
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Beijiushui Scenic Area Tsingtao beer Museum
Option C: Fish Hill --- The former German Government House --- Qingdao Naval Museum --- Tsingtao beer Museum --- Olympic Sailing Center
Tsingtao beer Museum Fish Hill The former German Government House
Travel Routes after the Congress
Option A: Shanghai and its neighboring cities or towns excursion and World Expo 2010 Shanghai (5 days tour)
Shanghai West Lake in Hangzhou
Option B: Sight-seeing of Xi’an and Beijing (6 days tour)
Qin Shi Huang Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum in Xi’an
Great Wall Qing imperial Summer Palace
Option C: Hometown of Confucius Qufu and Taishan Mountain in Shandong Province (2 days tour)
Taishan Mountain
The Confucius Temple
Notes for Travel Routes after the Congress:
- All participants who are interested in the travel after the congress, please contact us directly using this email address: icc7qd@gmail.com. We will ask the local travel agency to arrange it. The travel starts from June 26, 2010.
- For option A, you can choose leaving for your country from Shanghai; for option B, you can choose leaving for your country from Beijing; for option C, you will be back to Qingdao in the second day of the tour.