Olympic Sailing Competition Forum started from March 10th. Officers of 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition Olympic Village Department came to Forum to communicate with citizens on March 13th.

    Summary of the chat as follows:

    Q: Will Olympic Village be a theme park after the Olympic Sailing Competition? A: Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center will open to public as star-rated hotels and amenities after the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition, which will be another important venue for leisure and tourism in Qingdao.

    Q: What is the difference between Qingdao Olympic Village and Beijing Olympic Village? A: In comparison to scale, Qingdao Olympic Village is only 1/20 of Beijing Olympic Village. In comparison to style of architecture, Beijing Olympic Village comprises 42 apartment buildings of numbers of house types. Qingdao Olympic Village is designed on hotel style, most of the rooms are standard. In comparison to location, Qingdao Olympic Village is located in the Competition venue so that athletes can go to take part in the competition on foot. Beijing Olympic Village is in the northeast of Olympic Park, that athletes need to take bus to get to the venue.

    Q: Do the athletes have dinner in the Olympic Village or somewhere else? A: Qingdao Olympic Village will supply 24-hour food service for athletes. There is an athletes dining hall which can seat 500 persons supplying athletes free food, refreshments and drinks.

    Q: How many rooms are there in Qingdao Olympic Village? What if it is unfilled? A: There are over 400 rooms in Qingdao Olympic Village which will receive over 700 athletes and team officials from 70 countries.

    Q: What is the difference between Olympic Village and other hotels? A: Qingdao Olympic Village is not only a hotel to supply accommodation, catering and recreation, but also a game resident and premise for the teams. The Olympic Village is a multiple-service center for athletes, team officers and media.

    Q: What is the biggest focus of the Olympic Village? V: The feature of the Olympic Village is that it is near the venue so that athletes can get to the venue by foot. On the other hand, the Olympic Village has perfect facilities to meet most demands of the athletes. In addition, it is also a ‘People’s Olympic Village’, which will show many kinds of cultural activities and creations to give the athletes humanized service.

    Q: How many contracted hotels in Qingdao? A: There are 6 ‘2008 Beijing Olympic Games official appointed hotels’ in Qingdao: Qingdao Shangri-La Hotel, Crown Plaza Qingdao, Hotel Equatorial Qingdao, Qingdao Haiqing Hotel, Huanhai Gloria Inn Qingdao, Post &Telecom Hotel.

    Q: When will the Olympic Village open? A: The Olympic Village will officially open on July 27th at the same time with Beijing Olympic Village and Hong Kong Olympic Village.

    Q: What individual qualities a volunteer in Olympic Village requires? A: A volunteer in Olympic Village should master high-level English and certain hotel service skills, and also, to withstand hardships is highly required.