Special supplement: Tourism festival includes grand gourmet gala

GUANGZHOU: The 2008 Guangzhou International Tourism and Culture Festival and Pan-Pearl River Delta Tourism Promotion Convention ended yesterday after dozens of events including the 22nd Guangzhou International Gourmet Festival.

Held at Grandview Mall, the biggest shopping center in the city, the gourmet gala had the theme "Taste Healthy Foods, Experience Leisure Life" that attracted a large number of diners. It concludes today.

Twenty-four restaurateurs served delicacies for visitors at the front square of Grandview Mall and 30 other venues like Coast Park in Nansha district and Bantang road in Liwan district.