上海旅游概况
上海是我国的优秀旅游城市，历史文化名城，我国最大的经济中心城市之一。
上海旅游，可以用“都市”两个字作为其旅游特色的缩写：“都市风光”，“都市风光”“都市商业”，即是以人民广场和浦江两岸为中心的城市观光、商务、购物旅游圈；以公共活动中心和社区为主的环城都市文化旅游圈：以佘山、淀山湖、深水港、崇明岛等为重点的远郊休闲度假旅游圈。
上海的建筑也是上海的一大景观，外滩，石库门房子以及各种海派建筑，现代设施，汇聚古今中外的各种建筑风格，是上海本土文化和外来文化想结合的产物。
上海素有“购物天堂”“东方巴黎”之美称。
旅游者到了上海除了领略大都市的风光外，还能充分享受购物的乐趣，中华商业第一街——南京路，高雅商业文化街——淮海路，四川北路是一条工薪阶层的购物街，另外摩登的徐家汇商业城，具有民族特色的豫园商城，上海火车站出口的嘉里不夜城都是上海购物的中心地段。
上海在饮食方面可称得上是中华美食的大观园：京帮、扬帮、四川、广帮和上海本帮成为上海的主要菜系。
同时，在住宿，交通，娱乐，休闲等方面，更是体现出上海作为一个国际化都市应有的特色。
上海的旅游，是一直随着上海城市内容的丰富而丰富的。
近两年来，上海举行的国际性大活动也是巨大的旅游资源。
上海旅游节、上海国际艺术节、F1汽车方程赛、上海大师杯网球赛、田径黄金联赛、上海国际马拉松赛等，已成为上海最能体现城市精神的赛事节庆活动，对于国内外游客，特别是上海周边地区的游客来说，到上海亲身参加这些盛事成了一种新的旅游休闲方式。
把体育，文艺赛会纳入上海大旅游的视野，是上海旅游发展的新方向，新动力，四方来客真正能因为这些活动而在上海玩得开心。
上海“申博”成功后，各项工作均已启动。
世界既给中国一份幸运，上海必将给世界添一片异彩，上海已经迎来新一轮发展的好机遇，上海人民衷心欢迎海内外旅游客的光临！
Brief Introduction of Shanghai Tourism
Shanghai, China’s outstanding tourist city and a famous historical and cultural city, is one of the largest economic and trade centers in the country.
The word “city”can represent Shanghai tourism’s characteristic:City Scenery,City Culture and City Commerce.Shanghai has formed the City Sightseeing,Business and Shopping Tourism Circle centered by the People’s Square and two banks of Huangpu River,the City Culture Tourism Circle composed by public activity centers and communities and the Rural Leisure Vacation Tourism Circle such as sheshan Moutain,Dianshan Lake,Deep Sea Harbour and Chongming Island.
Shanghai’s architecture is another unique scenery line,The Bund,Shikumen Buildings(hourses with soten-frame doors)together with other various Shanghai Style buildings and modern facilities present different architecutre style at all times and in all over the world. It is a fruit of the combination of Shanghai local and foreign culture.
Shanghai is an ideal “paradise for shoppers” and known as “Oriental Paris”.When visitors come to Shanghai,they will not only experience the metropolitan views but also enjoy the shopping happiness.There are commercial streets and shopping areas like China No.1 Commercial street Nanjing Road,the elegant commercial culture street Huaihai Road,Sichuan North Road,a shopping road for wage earners.And the modern Xujiahui Commerce City,the national charactored Yuyuan Commerce City and the Kerry Ever Bright Commercial City at the exit of Shanghai Railway Station are central Shopping areas in shanghai.
Shanghai is also the paradise for Chinese gourmets.The major style of food in Shanghai include Beijing,Huaiyang,Sichuan,Guangdong and local cuisines.Moreover, Shanghai also shows its international metropolis’charactors in accommodation.transportation and entertainment sides.
In recent two years, the international festivities hostedy by Shanghai become the huge tourism resources.Shanghai Tourism Festival,Shanghai China International Art Festival,Formula I chinese Grand Prix, Tennis Masters Cup ,hanghai Golden Grand Pix and Shanghai international Marathon have already become the festivities that reflect the city spirits.To experience these wonferful activities in Shanghai has also become a new approach of leisure travel for the visitors from home and abroad especially those from Shanghai’s surrounding area.
It is the new orientation and new motivity for Shanghai tourism development to bring sports games,art and literature activities to the visual field of Shanghai Big Trouism that make all the guests enjoy their time in Shanghai.
Since Shanghai succeeded in winning the bid for the sponsorship of World Expo 2010,all sectors of preparation work have started and are in progress. The world has given China a share of luck and shanghai will add more splendors to the world.Shanghai is ushering in excellent opportunities for development. People of shanghai warmly welcome visitors from home and overseas.。