The first Shanghai Travel Photography Competition is launched, following the "Sea Examination" to travel
A good photo is sometimes worth a thousand words. In order to fully tap into the creative charm of tourism photography, promote the combination of art and tourism, deepen the integration of cultural and tourism resources, empower the Shanghai cultural and tourism industry, and follow the "sea examination" to travel, the first Shanghai Travel Photography Competition was officially launched in 2023. The competition aims to perfectly combine photography art with cultural tourism, allowing the public to travel freely and fall in love with Shanghai in the impression of light and shadow.
This competition is one of the important brand activities of the 34th Shanghai Tourism Festival. "Hai Kao", also known as "Shanghai style city archaeology," aims to stimulate the enthusiasm of citizens and tourists to "archaeology" Shanghai style cities through photography tourism, discover Shanghai's unique scenery, experience the unique charm of the city, establish the "Shanghai culture" and "Shanghai tourism" brands, and write a more vivid answer sheet for the people's city. By vividly showcasing the unique connotations of cultural landscapes and conveying the beauty of the city through excellent photography works, it not only helps to enhance the brand effect of cultural tourism scenic spots, create more excellent tourism cultural brands, but also promotes cultural and tourism consumption, drives economic development, and promotes industrial transformation and upgrading.
This competition is one of the important brand activities of the 34th Shanghai Tourism Festival. "Hai Kao", also known as "Shanghai style city archaeology," aims to stimulate the enthusiasm of citizens and tourists to "archaeology" Shanghai style cities through photography tourism, discover Shanghai's unique scenery, experience the unique charm of the city, establish the "Shanghai culture" and "Shanghai tourism" brands, and write a more vivid answer sheet for the people's city. By vividly showcasing the unique connotations of cultural landscapes and conveying the beauty of the city through excellent photography works, it not only helps to enhance the brand effect of cultural tourism scenic spots, create more excellent tourism cultural brands, but also promotes cultural and tourism consumption, drives economic development, and promotes industrial transformation and upgrading.
It is worth looking forward to, at that time, the organizers will release the "Shanghai Tourism" series ranking based on the outstanding entries of the competition, share more treasure blockbuster slots, make travel check-in no longer uniform, and create personalized "magic city moments" for tourists.
The competition's collection themes include six major topics: Shanghai style urban archaeology, one river, charming science and technology innovation, Shanghai style film and television, garden life, and beautiful countryside. The event is open to citizens and tourists to collect works. In late October, 100 excellent works will be selected and a competition award ceremony will be held, showcasing excellent works in a combination of online and offline methods.
Attachment: Six Photography Theme Routes
It is worth looking forward to, at that time, the organizers will release the "Shanghai Tourism" series ranking based on the outstanding entries of the competition, share more treasure blockbuster slots, make travel check-in no longer uniform, and create personalized "magic city moments" for tourists.
One River, One River: Follow the river to visit Shanghai. Deeply explore the cultural and tourism resources and value of the Huangpu River and Suzhou River, appreciate the brilliant night scenery and urban charm, record the high-quality waterfront living environment and popular check-in points on the "Life Show Belt", and feel the inclusiveness and innovation on the "Development Embroidery Belt".
In response to the six major themes, the competition has newly created and launched six photography themed city travel routes, optimized and integrated cultural and tourism resources, innovated the supply of cultural and tourism products, and led tourists to travel freely in Shanghai, capturing beautiful moments with their cameras during the journey. Photography enthusiasts can submit their submissions to participate through email. The email is named in the format of "photography theme+author name+contact phone number". All participating works are stored in a folder named after the author's name, compressed and packaged together with the introduction, and sent to the email: CQyishukongjian@163.com You can also follow the account of "Travel with Haikao", such as Tiktok, WeChat video number, Xiaohongshu, etc. to submit entries by private mail. Each entry must be attached with the shooting time, location and introduction.
Shanghai style film and television: Follow the film and television tour to Shanghai. Decode the filming location of Shanghai's internet famous films and TV shows, restore classic scenes, and recreate the condensed history, culture, and scenery in the films and TV shows; Explore the ancient cinema in Shanghai and search for traces of time.
Attachment: Six Photography Theme Routes
Beautiful countryside: Follow the countryside to visit Shanghai. Selecting beautiful rural areas in Shanghai, using cameras to record construction achievements, experiencing the natural "ecological beauty" of rural areas, showcasing the style of Shanghai style rural areas, experiencing unique rural life, telling rural stories well with pictures, and promoting civilized rural customs and sentiments.