SHANGHAI will create six national-level tourism areas centered around Sheshan, Dianshan Lake, the Bund and the Dongtan wetland by 2020, a highlight of its target to build a world famous tourism city, authorities said yesterday.

Shanghai received 8.5 million inbound tourists last year, a rise of 6 percent from a year earlier, according to the Shanghai Tourism Administration.

Among them, 6.8 million stayed overnight, up 4 percent.