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Tianjin Walking Street, Dalian is an area where you
would love to shop when you are in Dalian. In fact this
is one area of Dalian which attracts maximum tourists
just because here you would find numerous shops and
stalls with varieties of articles catering to the needs
of all the tourists. It has huge contribution in the
economy of China because it has the power of attracting
tourists till today. Tianjin Walking Street, Dalian
has a history which is century old and this shopping
street has seen flocks of tourists over the centuries
coming here for buying goods they need. In fact, it
is a popular area of Dalian from the time before the
Opium War and therefore you can well understand that
this area is almost 150 years old.
Tianjin Walking Street, Dalian however has recently
been revamped and the government has turned it into
a beautiful and extravagant shopping
area which lost its old age glamour and now has
attained a European style with the shopping area now
clattered with skyscrapers where you would find all
sorts of brands housed. Friendship Shopping City is
a very famous shopping building in this street and the
historically important building of Tianjin Walking Street
in Dalian is the Tianjin Street Department Store which
is an enterprise of the Tianbai Group and was built
in January 1949. The historical importance attached
to it comes from the fact that it was a large state
run departmental store to become operational in China
for the first time. From 1994 this store started "the
Holistic Service of 15 Lines" and promised to refund
the customers if they are dissatisfied with any of the
products.
Tianjin Walking Street, Dalian is also famous for the
antique shops that are centered here. In fact according
to sources these antique shops are the largest revenue
earners because the foreigners visiting Tianjin Walking
Street, Dalian
would definitely pay a visit to any of these shops.
Other products that are most popular include clay figurines,
carpets and New Year posters.
Tianjin Walking Street, Dalian is located in the north
of Zhongshan Square and east of Shengli Square. It is
not at all tough to come here if you are a die hard
shopper because you can take Tourist Bus 801 (B) and
901 from the railway station of Dalian and come here
within minutes.
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