KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 -- The Chinese Yachting Association and Haikou Municipal People's Government have announced the 2019 Annual Chinese Sailing Festival would be held in Haikou, China.
The 14-day festival will make a splash from Nov 11 to 24.
Themed, ‘Sailing City, Sailing Haikou’, the event’s activities include the Chinese Yachting Association annual meeting, the finals of the China Sailing League and Chinese Family Sailing Competition, China Sailing Hall of Fame and the Keelboat World Championship.
The first Keelboat World Championship is the world's highest-level single keelboat championship, newly launched by World Sailing. It is also the first world-class keelboat race to be held in China.
The event will see World Sailing, national and regional Sailing Organisations, General Administration of Sport of China, city representatives and athletes.
Haikou vice-mayor, Long Weidong has introduced Haikou as one of the first batches of China Sailing Cities, which has invested and built the Sailing & Windsurfing Training Base, Haikou Sailing Windsurfing Theme Hotel and Sailing Windsurfing Boathouse, among others.
Focusing on the sport of sailing, Haikou aims to integrate sports with tourism and build a national sports tourism demonstration zone, according to a statement.
-- BERNAMA
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