The Shanghai Tourist Center is launching six new tourist trips for residents to enjoy the peach blossoms and rape flowers in the city's suburbs in the coming weeks.

Tourists can join five of the trips in Nanhui District for the peach blossoms and at the Shanghai Flower Port, according to Wenhui Daily report. The Rape Blossom Festival in Fengxian District will run from March 28-April 18.

The Nanhui Peach Blossom Village is the only daily trip available - the others take tourists at the weekends.

All the fares are under 100 yuan (US$14.62) and the center is near Shanghai Stadium.

From February tourists have been enjoying the outings for plum blossoms.

(Shanghai Daily March 13, 2009)