8 Avanti travel agencies from Oregon, America were invited to travel around Suzhou last week. Most of them firstly came to China, even Asia. They planned to sale Suzhou tourism packages in 2017 and they stayed for three nights in Suzhou.

They had a good impression on Suzhou gardens and enjoyed its elegant and delicate beauties.

Suzhou Museum was designed by world-famous architect called I. M. Pei, who grew up in one Suzhou garden and becomes more and more popular for international tourists.

They were a bit excited when they walked on the deep lane to one small garden, especially watching the alive well.

The Garden of Cultivation/艺圃 is small in scale but but distinctive in artistic characteristics of the Ming Dynasty.

They happened to meet a new couple, who were taking wedding photos, so they were curious about Chinese traditional wedding.

It was pretty nice to drink tea in classical gardens.

They started to learn how to hold Chinese calligraphy brush correctly according to the teacher's instruction.

They were very serious about learning basic skills of Chinese traditional calligraphy.

They could write simple Chinese characters after two hours' studying.

Of course, Suzhou cuisine is another attraction for international tourists.

They were fascinated by table set and presentation, taste, meaning of Suzhou food.

I accompanied them at the first day because I had to go to Shanghai to attend 2016 China International Travel Mart at that night, but we were happy to take a group photo after dinner in memory of this fam trip.

I was very touched when I received the photo collection of Oregan signed by all of them as a gift on the site in CITM. 

Thanks for their coming. I hope they had a memorable experience of Suzhou and come again with their friends, clients and families.