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China Southern reopens two Tibet routes
2009-04-13China Southern Airlines is reopening two routes to Tibet: from Guangzhou and from Beijing. The Guangzhou-Chongqing-Lhasa route (flight number CZ3463, return flight number CZ3464) was resumed on Apr...
China launches tourism action plan --China travel News
2009-04-13The slowdown in the world economy has cut the numbers of overseas tourists visiting China. To help tackle the downturn, the government yesterday launched a nationwide tourism action plan to boost dome...
Visitors crowded Longmeng Grottoes in C China
2009-04-13Tourists view a Buddha statue in the Longmeng Grottoes in Luoyang City, central China's Henan Province, April 11, 2009. More than 100,000 people visited the Longmeng Grottoes on April 10 and 11, as th...
Chinese city to build underground station for terracotta warriors museum
2009-04-13Xi'an is to build an underground station in 2013 to cater for visitors to its most famous attraction -- the world-famous terracotta warriors and horses, an official in the historic western Chinese ...
Beijing drops as tourist destination--China travel News
2009-04-13The number of holidaymakers visiting the capital fell by 11 percent to 436,491 in January and February this year, Gu Xiaoyuan, deputy chief of Beijing tourism administration, said yesterday. The amo...
Japan first choice of Shanghai tourists
2009-04-13Japan was Shanghai tourists' first-choice destination last year More than 100,000 tourists from the city took group tours to Japan last year. In total, 736,391 tourists went abroad or to Hong Kong, ...
2009 Miss Tourism Int'l contest at East China's Huangshan
2009-04-10The belle contests sit by the balustrade of a gallery for an aesthetic show-up, in the Bao's Family garden in Huangshan City, east China's Anshun Province, April 9, 2009. Some 30 contestants are conte...
Hotels cut rates to attract guests during Canton fair
2009-04-10Hoteliers in south China's Guangdong Province are slashing prices to attract overseas visitors to the 105th Canton fair scheduled to open next week. Guangzhou Hotels Association, a regulatory organiz...
Ancient Tibetan lamasery reopens to tourists in Shangri-la
2009-04-09A 330-year-old Tibetan lamasery in southwest China's Shangri-la will reopen to tourists Sunday after a two-year facelift, said a scenic administration official on Wednesday. Yang Jianjun, head of th...
Chinese cities work to promote domestic travel
2009-04-08According to Chinese media, 186 Chinese cities will initiate a campaign on April 11, 2009, to jointly promote domestic travel. It is understood that six cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzh...
Gloria Hotels and Resorts opens in Beijing
2009-04-08Gloria Hotels and Resorts has announced the opening of the Dragon Spring Hotel Beijing. Located at western area in Beijing, Dragon Spring Hotel Beijing occupies 160,000 square meters and its 287 gues...
Tibet reopens to foreign tourists after month-long suspension
2009-04-07Foreign tourists have begun entering Tibet as the region lifted a month-long suspension. A total of 25 tourist groups will arrive in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, Sunday. More than 500 ...
Sofitel Shanghai Sheshan Huanghe Opens
2009-04-07Sofitel has announced the opening of its 23rd property in China: Sofitel Shanghai Sheshan Huanghe. The resort-style hotel is located in Sheshan National Tourism Resort, a 35-minutes drive from Shangh...
Dragon Spring Hotel Beijing Opens Its Doors
2009-04-03Gloria Hotels and Resorts has announced the opening of the Dragon Spring Hotel Beijing. Located at western area in Beijing, Dragon Spring Hotel Beijing occupies 160,000 square meters and its 287 gues...
Shanghai hotels to get user friendly
2009-04-03From May 1, people staying at any of Shanghai's 310 star and 4,500 non-star hotels will have a better say on when to check out. A new law passed recently by local legislators will end a common practi...
Tibet reopen to foreign tourists on April 5
2009-04-01Foreign tourists will be allowed to get into Tibet as of April 5, a tourism official said on Sunday. "Tibet will resume receiving foreign tourists as of April 5, and we warmly welcome them," ...
Foreign tour groups sign up to visit Tibet
2009-04-01Tibet will allow overseas visitors starting April 5 after a month-long suspension, a tourism official in Lhasa has said. "Tibet will start receiving foreign tourists as of April 5, and they w...
Regal Master Hotel in Chengdu
2009-02-18Regal Hotels International and the Sichuan Master Investment Group have entered into a 10-year hotel management agreement in which Regal will manage a five-star luxury hotel in Chengdu. Sched...
Air China resume Beijing-Madrid-Sao Paulo flight
2009-02-18Air China will resume its Beijing-Madrid-Sao Paulo service on March 29, 2009. Air China flight number CA907 will depart from Beijing Capital International Airport at 01:00 every Thursday and Sun...
Sichuan adds six more 4A scenic spots
2009-02-13News from Sichuan Provincial Tourism Bureau is that six more 4A grade scenic spots have been added to the province's portfolio. The six are reported to be Chengdu Jinsha Relic Museum, Panzhih...
