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Shanghai Wins 'Most Satisfactory' for Tourists
2012-10-17People's Daily, October 16, 2012 Shanghai was the most satisfactory tourist destination on the Chinese mainland in the third quarter, in accordance with a report released by the China Tourism Acade...
Fragrant Hills Red Leaves Festival to Open
2012-10-15CRI, October 12, 2012 The 2012 Fragrant Hills Red Leaves Festival is scheduled to open this coming Friday, in accordance with the Beijing Evening Post. The annual event has previously been a tou...
Chengdu to Host Travel Trade Show
2012-10-12China Daily, October 11, 2012 Sichuan province's capital Chengdu will host the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Travel Mart in 2013, PATA's CEO Martin Craigs states. Following Beijing ...
New Airline from Urumqi to Guiyang to Sanya to Open from 28th October, 2012
2012-10-10VisitOurChina, 10th October, 2012 China Southern Airlines Company Limited is to open new airline from Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, to Guiyang, Guizhou province, to Sanya, Hainan provin...
Holiday Tourists Swarm Scenic Spots
2012-10-08Xinhua, October 4, 2012 Scenic sites in China have been overwhelmed by large numbers of visitors during the ongoing Golden Week holiday, triggering complains and criticism by netizens and touri...
Historic Buildings Protected under Draft Law
2012-09-29People's Daily, September 28, 2012 Historical buildings in Guangdong province will be protected from demolition under draft legislation which will impose fines of up to 500,000 yuan ($79,000). ...
Free-pass policy to drive up Golden Week traffic
2012-09-28Xinhua, September 27, 2012 China's new policy that exempts passenger cars from road tolls during holidays is expected to spur unprecedented road traffic during the country's upcoming super Gold...
Zhouzhuang 'the Most Beautiful Place in Jiangsu'
2012-09-26China Daily, September 25, 2012 The results of the vote for the most beautiful place in Jiangsu province were lately announced and Zhouzhuang was successfully elected to be the five-star most b...
A Unique Way to Fish in Zhouzhuang
2012-09-26China Daily, September 25, 2012 Feeding the cormorant to catch fish is not considered odd in Zhouzhuang, Jiangsu province. Also nicknamed shui lao ya in Chinese, the black bird has a cone-shaped...
China Tourism Authority Prioritizes Safety During Holiday
2012-09-26Xinhua, September 25, 2012 China's tourism authority said Monday that it has organized several teams to inspect tourism safety during the upcoming eight-day holiday which starts on Sept. 30. ...
Lingshui: A Charming Study of History
2012-09-24CRI, September 21, 2012 Beijing's Mentougou District, is full of sites to visit, but Lingshui is surely the historic highlight of the bunch. This small town is about a thousand years old, and the h...
Flights from Anqing to Chongqing, to Xiamen are to Open Around the National Day
2012-09-24VisitOurChina, 24st September, 2012 In order to promote the communication between the Midwest China and southeast coastal areas, Anqing Tianzhushan Airport is to open airlines from Anqing, Anhui pr...
Number of Chinese Holiday Travelers to Rise
2012-09-21Xinhua, September 20, 2012 Over 660 million people are expected to travel during the weeklong National Day holiday starting next Sunday, an increase of 8.8 percent from the same period last yea...
Fashion Tourism on Kongtong Mountain
2012-09-21China Daily, September 19, 2012 The 9th China Folk Art Festival kicked off in Pingliang, Gansu province on September 12. The festival, themed Beautiful Kongtong Mountain, aims at promoting the Chin...
Tianjin Festival to Worship Mazu
2012-09-21China Daily, September 19, 2012 The 6th Chinese Tianjin Mazu Goddess Cultural Tourism Festival is about to be held in Tianjin on Sept 27 to 28. The theme of this year's event is popularizing Ma...
Direct Flight Connects Hohhot, Hong Kong
2012-09-19Xinhua, September 19, 2012 The first direct airline between Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, and Hong Kong was launched on Monday. The flight will be operat...
Beijing to Allow Tourists 72-hour, Visa-free Stays
2012-09-19People's Daily, September 17, 2012 Overseas travelers soon will be able to enjoy a visa-free stay of up to 72 hours while in transit in Beijing to attract more tourism spending in the capital city,...
Mainlanders Visiting Taipei's Palace Museum Exceed Taiwanese
2012-09-17Xinhua, September 14, 2012 Taipei's Palace Museum has so far this year seen more visitors from the Chinese mainland than from Taiwan, the museum's director said on Friday. The site received ...
Asia's Largest Ski Resort to Open This Year
2012-09-17Xinhua, September 14, 2012 Asia's largest ski resort is expected to open by the end of the year on Changbai Mountain in northeast China's Jilin Province, in accordance with local authorities. ...
Lanterns Ready for Global Glow
2012-09-14China Daily, September 12, 2012 Chinese tradition believes at the very beginning of a new year, when there's a bright full moon hanging in the sky, there should be thousands of colorful lantern...
