Dongli Lake in Dongli District on the outskirts of Tianjin is 24 kilometres
from the city centre, 3O kilometres from the harbour, 12.5 kilometres
from the airport and 7.5 kilometres from the International Golf Club,
and can be approached from any of the city highways.
The holiday resort is 22.O1 square kilometres in area, including
14.O1 square kilometres of land and eight square kilometres of water.
Dongli Lake, 12 kilometres in circumference, is 1.5 times larger
than the West Lake in Hangzhou and is fondly called "the little
fresh-water ocean". It produces an abundance of white bait,
mullet and other aquatic products. Every year, as many as 1OO,OOO
birds come to procreate offsprings on the shore of the lake. As
the area is the head of a terrestrial heat belt in North China,
there are many hot water wells with water as hot as 97℃.
The holiday resort is equipped with facilities for various water
sports and recreational activities, such as rope bridges over water,
wooden houses on water, deluxe pleasure boats, speed boats, motorboats
and water slides. It is an ideal resort where visitors can bathe
in the hot springs, enjoy delicious food, do shopping, hold conferences
or training classes, recuperate, improve the physique or engage
in business talks.
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