City to boost tourism, host international sports gala

If a tourist wants to know more about the last century of the Chinese history, he or she can't afford to miss the chance of touring Tianjin, a coastal city one hour's drive southeast of Beijing.

That is the slogan the city's tourism authority has adopted to promote it.

But it is a really difficult mission to describe Tianjin as a tourism destination in one single sentence since the city embodies many sightseeing, cultural and economic elements.