THE official news agency of China was in Nowra on Tuesday filming a story about the Shaolin’s move into Australia, specifically the Shoalhaven.
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China’s Xinhua News Agency believes its audience of 200 million viewers has a strong interest in the Shaolin’s first temple to be built outside China.
The news agency’s Sydney Correspondent Marcus Casey said his Beijing headquarters was very interested in the story of Shaolin coming to Australia.
“They asked us to prepare a report on the first Shaolin temple outside China and to explain where the Shoalhaven is,” Mr Casey said.
“Shoalhaven is a great destination, and Chinese tourists are now the major market for NSW.
“This country aims to please those visitors, and we want to tell our audience that is what it will do,” he said.
Shoalhaven Mayor Joanna Gash was joined by council’s tourism manager Steve Lawson and chairperson of the Shoalhaven Tourism Board Catherine Shields to explain where the temple project was up to and how the local tourism industry was gearing up to support it.
“We have had a fair bit of international media asking us about the temple,” Cr Gash said.
“Our aim is to encourage people to come to the Shoalhaven and have a look,” she said.
