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Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy
The site includes 17 buildings in the city of Muharraq, three offshore oyster farms, part of the coast and the fort of Qal'at Bu Mahir at the southern end of Muharraq Island, from where ships once set out to the oyster farms. Listed buildings include wealthy merchants' houses, shops, warehouses and a mosque. The site is the last intact example of the pearling tradition and the wealth it created during the period when the pearl trade dominated the Gulf economy (from the 2nd century AD to the 1930s, when cultured pearls were developed by Japan). It is also an outstanding example of the traditional use of marine resources and the interaction between humans and the environment that shaped the economic and cultural identity of island society.
Tianjin Seaside Tourist Resort
Tianjin Seaside Tourist Resort was built in 1989 and is located on the shore of the Donkey River in Tanggu District. In 1988, it was approved by the Tianjin Municipal People's Government as a provincial tourist resort and enjoys various preferential policies of provincial economic and technological development zones. In 2001, it was rated as a national 4A-level scenic spot by the National Tourism Administration. The planned area of the scenic spot is 22.5 square kilometers, and 2 square kilometers have been built and developed. After more than ten years of development and construction, the resort has become a tourist resort with the ocean as its feature and hot springs as its advantage, integrating marine tourism, hot spring health, leisure vacation, conference reception, development and investment.