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Golden Week Boosts Travel Firms

2012-09-12

Xinhua, September 10, 2012 China's travel agencies are already getting excited about Super Golden Week with the rare combination of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day holidays. Though the...

China Plans to Expand South China Sea Cruise Route

2012-09-12

Xinhua, September 7, 2012 A southern Chinese city plans to expand a cruise route in the South China Sea from Xisha Islands to the sprawling island chains of Zhongsha and Nansha of China. The...

Death Toll from China Quake Rises to 81

2012-09-10

Xinhua, 9th September, 2012 A 3.7-magnitude aftershock that occurred in Southwest China's Yunnan province Saturday evening killed one person, the latest victim following multiple earthquakes which ...

Chinese Airlines Raise Fuel Surcharges

2012-09-06

China Daily, September 6th, 2012 Chinese airlines have raised fuel surcharges on domestic routes because of rising fuel costs. Fuel surcharges for routes shorter than 800 kilometers were increas...

Many Airlines Increase Bunker Adjustment Surcharge of International Service from September 1st

2012-09-03

VisitOurChina, Sep 3rd, 2012 From September 1st, 2012, many airlines have increased bunker adjustment surcharge (BAS) of international service, which is the first increase since June, 2012. Cath...

World Cities Bound for Beijing

2012-08-31

China Daily, August 29, 2012 Barcelona, Berlin, Dubai and 20 other international tourism centres will join their Chinese counterparts to showcase and discuss city tourism in Beijing between Sept 14 a...

Travel Industry to Offer Culture-led Services

2012-08-31

China Daily, August 29, 2012 China's travel industry has vowed to provide culture-led services during the recent annual China Service Development Forum in Tai'an, Shandong province. Co-hosted by the...

Experts Call for Better Services in China's Tourism

2012-08-29

Xinhua, August 27, 2012 China should deliver sincere, fair and effective services to the general public, the head of the China Tourism Academy has stated. The rigid following of the so-calle...

Draft Law 'to Ensure Tourists Get A Better Deal'

2012-08-29

China Daily, August 28, 2012 A draft law on tourism, aiming at sharp practices by travel agents and clearly stating the rights of travelers, was under review by lawmakers on Monday. The draf...

An Exotic Experience

2012-08-27

China Daily, August 24, 2012 Harbin's Volga Manor epitomizes all things Russian, the city's own Russian heritage included, which, in real life, has mostly vanished. Volga is widely viewed as...

Typhoons to Bring Gales, Storms to China Coasts

2012-08-27

Xinhua, 26th August, 2012 Typhoon Tembin and Bolaven are moving towards China's coasts and will bring gales and storms there on Sunday, the country's meteorological authority has predicted. The ...

Warnings Sounded as Typhoons Near

2012-08-24

Chinadaily, Aug 24th, 2012 China's national meteorological authority on Thursday issued a warning about Tembin, the 14th typhoon of the year, as it approaches the southeastern part of Taiwan. Th...

5 Free Things to Do in Historical and Breathtaking Beijing

2012-08-24

Shanghai Daily, August 22, 2012 Beijing is quickly becoming one of the priciest - and fastest-changing - cities around the world, driven by several decades of economic growth. But some of the c...

Rainstorms Batter Southern China, Killing 2

2012-08-22

Rainstorms have demolished several southern Chinese provinces this week, toppling homes and killing a woman and her granddaughter in Hunan Province.

First Flight of Zunyi Xinzhou Airport to Take off on 28th August

2012-08-20

VisitOurChina, 20th August, 2012 After negotiation between the municipal government of Zunyi, Guizhou Province and China Southern Airlines Company Limited, Zunyi Xinzhou Airport is to launch the ce...

China, DPRK Open New Tourist Route

2012-08-20

Xinhua, August 17, 2012 Companies from China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) inaugurated a new tourist route on Friday to promote economic and tourism exchanges between the two...

Typhoon Kai-Tak Halts Transport Services

2012-08-17

Xinhua, August 17th, 2012 Shipping lines and railway services in coastal areas in southern part ofChina have been suspendedas the Typhoon Kai-Tak approaches. According to the meteorological obse...

A Golden Twilight

2012-08-17

China Daily, August 16, 2012 The golden twilight casts a surreal glow on the babbling brookmeandering through the village, where middle-aged mothers in floral prints squat and do the laundry. T...

Tropical Storm Kai-Tak Approaches South China

2012-08-15

Xinhua, August 15th, 2012 Kai-Tak, the 13th tropical storm of the year, is approaching China's southern regions, the country's meteorological authority predicted Tuesday. Kai-Tak, moving northwe...

Great Wall Collapses after Heavy Rain, Repair Work Underway

2012-08-13

Xinhua, August 10, 2012 Repair work is underway for a section of the Great Wall in north China's Hebei province that collapsed after days of continuous rain, local officials said Thursday. The c...