INTEREST IN SCIENCE A BOON FOR TOURISM, INQUISITIVE MINDS

Hefei leverages its technology, innovation advantages to attract visitors

Astronomy, education and tourism appear to be strange bedfellows, but the stars aligned last month in Hefei, Anhui province, to bring all three together for Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Hefei Science and Technology Museum organized a series of tours combining information on the development of astronomy with cultural traditions related to the annual celebration, also known as Moon Festival, which fell on Sept 17.

The museum received 17,427 visitors from Sept 15 to 17, with about 600 of them taking the special tours.