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Hong Kong Sees July Visitor Arrivals Up 32%
2010-08-25The Hong Kong Tourism Board has revealed that arrivals in Hong Kong in July 2010 reached the highest ever single-month level, with 3.13 million visitors: representing a robust increase of 31.9% year o...
Shangri-La Opens New Hotel in Beijing's China World Tower
2010-08-25The China World Summit Wing Hotel, Beijing, has started business on the top floors of the China World Tower. As part of the Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts' family, the new hotel provides direct acce...
Air China Launches Beijing-Manzhouli Route
2010-08-24China's flagship carrier Air China has launched flights on the Beijing to Manzhouli route. The CA1241/42 flights will be operated once a day, using Boeing 737 aircraft. The flights will Beijing at ...
Tibet Reports 29% Increase in Tourist Arrivals
2010-08-24The Tibet Tourism Bureau has reveled that the Tibet Autonomous Region earned CNY287.7 million in tourism revenues during the first seven months of 2010, representing a year-on-year growth of 29.3%. ...
China to Open More of the Forbidden City to the Public
2010-08-23Instead of the current 30%, 70% of the Forbidden City in Beijing will be opened to the public according to China's State Administration of Cultural Heritage. The Forbidden City, which was the Chine...
Taiwan Sees Mainland Tourist Numbers Double in 2010
2010-08-23According to a spokesman for the Taiwan Strait Tourism Exchange Association, the number of mainland tourists visiting Taiwan in the first seven months of 2010 was 707,400, which is an increase of 109%...
Tianjin to Have 3,000 Yacht Berths by End Of 2011
2010-08-20The municipal government of Tianjin, a coastal city in northeastern China, has announced that it plans to construct 3,000 permanent berths by the end of 2011, as part of its efforts to meet the demand...
Hong Kong International Airport Posts Record Figures
2010-08-20Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong's international airport, hasrevealed that all three categories of traffic recorded double-digit growth in July 2010, which is a sign of continuing strong summer traffic momentu...
Guoman and Thistle Hotels Enters China Market
2010-08-19Guoman and Thistle Hotels recently has set its Asia headquarters in Shanghai, marking its official entry into the China market and the start of its expansion in Asia. Set up in London in 2002, the ...
China Express Air Launches Chongqing-Tongliao Route
2010-08-19China Express Air has started a new route, from Chongqing to Tongliao route, which increases the number of destinations served from Chongqing to 71. Flight G5 2729/30 departs from Chongqing at 14:3...
Beijing to Be Aviation Hub for Ethiopian Airlines
2010-08-19Beijing, the capital of China, is set to become the East Asian aviation hub for Ethiopian Airlines, due to the fast development in economy and trade between China and Africa. The carrier has said t...
Macao Sees Group Tourist Numbers Hit 489,000 in June 2010
2010-08-18The Statistics and Census Service of the Macao Government has announced that the number of tourists in groups reached 489,000 in June 2010, which is 1.67 times more last year, when the H1N1 flu reduce...
Le Meridien Xiamen Opens for Business
2010-08-18Le Meridien Hotel and Resorts has started its seventh property in the Greater China region Le Meridien Xiamen. Le Meridien Xiamen Hotel is the only international hotel located on the city mountain...
China and ASEAN to Develop Beibu Gulf
2010-08-18The Chinese government and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will jointly develop Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region's Beibu Gulf into an international tourist resort. The Guangxi provincial...
Xinjiang Sees Growing Tourist Arrivals
2010-08-17The Tourism Bureau of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region recently revealed that the number of tourist arrivals increased by 3.05% year on year to 10.18 million in the first half of 2010. In t...
China Eastern Expands Presence in Hunan
2010-08-17China Eastern Airlines Grouplately signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Hunan provincial government to jointly develop the province's aviation transport businesses. According to ...
China to Invest CNY600 Million in Chengde Mountain Resort
2010-08-17The Chinese government will invest CNY600 million over the next five years for the preservation of Chengde Mountain Resort and the temples in its vicinity. The government will allocate CNY520 milli...
China Southern Airlines to Launch Direct Urumqi-Tehran Flights
2010-08-16China Southern Airlines, the country's largest carrier, is planning to launch direct flights on the Urumqi to Tehran route on August 29, 2010, increasing the number of flights it operates to Teheran i...
Sichuan International Culture Tourism Festival Opens in September
2010-08-16China's National Tourism Administration and the Sichuan Tourism Bureau have revealed that the 2010 Sichuan International Culture Tourism Festival will be held from September 3 to 7 September, 2010. ...
China Eastern Airlines Launches Shanghai-Kashi Flight
2010-08-16China Eastern Airlines has officially started daily flights on the Shanghai to Kashi route. Travel time on the Shanghai to Kashi route is about six hours and 30 minutes with Urumqi serving as an in...
