The Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism recently announced the overseas voting results for best cultural and tourism products in the province.

With the help of the overseas official "Friendly Shandong" website, the province's Facebook account, and other platforms, the vote was conducted from Aug 15 to Sept 13 in the regions which provide the highest amount of tourists to Shandong.

The World's Best Spring Scenic Area in Jinan, Shandong province [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Nearly 12,000 people participated in the selection and 1,744 votes were received by the organizers.

The participants selected the top 60 cultural and tourism products from among 600 options in six categories -- scenic spots, cultural performances, cultural venues, cuisine and food streets, featured hotels and homestays, and specialties and souvenirs.

In addition to Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Europe, the United States, and China's Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, which are among the largest sources of tourists for Shandong, potential markets such as Australia and Central Asia were also involved in the selection.

The event is designed to promote Shandong's tourism and cultural resources, raise its international profile, and attract more tourists to the province, said Shandong authorities.

According to the selection results, the top 10 scenic spots are Mount Tai in Tai'an, Penglai Pavilion in Yantai, Laoshan Mountain in Qingdao, the World's Best Spring Scenic Area in Jinan, Taierzhuang Ancient City in Zaozhuang, Ancient City in Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Qufu, Zhoucun village ancient commercial city in Zibo, Liugong Island in Weihai, Nishan Sacred Land in Qufu, and the Ancient City of Qingzhou.