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Top three tourist sources for Yunnan Province in 2008
2009-02-11The province of Yunnan has announced its 10 largest tourist source countries, with Thailand, Japan, and South Korea ranking at the top. In 2008, Yunnan Province received 185,390 tourists from Thailan...
Goverment spend more funds per year for Tibet's culture industry
2009-02-10Beginning this year, the Tibet Autonomous Regional government will allocate 25 million yuan (about 2.9 million US dollars) a year to local culture development, a local official said on Monday. "Tibet...
Full moon and yuanxiao for Lantern Festival
2009-02-09Tonight the moon is supposed to look the biggest and brightest in all of latest 52 Lantern Festivals. It also means good business for yuanxiao retailers. Eating yuanxiao, glutinous rice balls with s...
Cruise liner explorer sails into Shanghai
2009-02-09Royal Caribbean's cruise liner Explorer Of The Seas arrived at Shanghai International Cruise Harbor on February 4 to commence her first cruise in Asia.With about 600 travelers on board, the cruise, wh...
Accor to launch pullman hotel in Shanghai
2009-02-06France-based hotel group Accor has announced that it will take over and manage the Shanghai Skyway Landis Hotel in March 2009 and operate it under its upscale Pullman brand. Located in the center of ...
Biggest intangible cultural heritage exhibit in Beijing
2009-02-06China will stage the largest exhibition of intangible cultural heritage items in its history in Beijing from Feb. 9 to 23, according to the Ministry of Culture. Feb. 9 marks the Lantern Festival, part...
Tibet reach first traveling peak of 2009
2009-02-04The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) witnessed the first traveling surge of 2009 during the Spring Festival holidays. According to the statistics from the Tibet Tourism Bureau, Tibet received 57,625 to...
Tibet spends more funds on environmental protection
2009-02-04The Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) government spent 3.2 bln yuan on ecological environment protection and construction during the Tenth Five-Year Plan period (2001-05) and in 2009 more will be done i...
Yunnan travel passport benefits tourists from 2009
2009-02-03Yunnan, a major tourist destination in southern China, plans to issue a Yunnan Travel Passport from 2009 to offer more benefits and better service for tourists.According to the Yunnan Provincial Touri...
Hilton returns to Nanjing
2009-02-03After being away from the city for three years, the international hotel brand Hilton is now returning to Nanjing. It is learned that Hilton has signed with Dalian Wanda Group to manage a five-star ho...
Hong Kong puts on martial art story lantern show ahead of festival
2009-02-02Hong Kong has put on a spectacular lantern show that for the first time features fictional characters created by popular martial art story writer Louis Cha, or Jin Yong, to celebrate the upcoming Spri...
Shanghai receives more tourists during Spring Festival
2009-02-02Shanghai has received 1.57 million tourists in the first three days of the weeklong holiday of traditional Spring Festival, according to local authorities on Wednesday. Statistics from the holiday m...
Tibet arranges CNY46 million for tourism recovery
2009-01-20The Tibet Autonomous Region is said to have arranged CNY46 million in 2008 to rejuvenate its tourist industry that was hit by the March 14 riots. Statistics from the Tibet Autonomous Region's Tourism...
China Southern offer more flights during Spring Festival
2009-01-20China Southern plans to offer a total of 57,408 flights during the upcoming Spring Festival period, which represents an increase of 15.5% over the same period of 2008. It is estimated that China Sout...
HK, Macao, Taiwan remain attractive for tourists
2009-01-19Outbound travel to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao remains popular with mainland travelers during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday season, an online survey has showed. About 11 percent of people pol...
Take flight for the spring festival
2009-01-19The Chinese New Year festival is the time when the nation's transport systems are stretched to the limit. But there are still ways to get about and you can enjoy a trip or two. With China's biggest ...
Shanghai-Disneyland deal reached
2009-01-19The Walt Disney Company and the Shanghai municipal government have signed a project proposal to build the first Disney park on the Chinese mainland. Under the proposal, the entertainment giant will t...
Pullman Beijing West Wanda opens in Central and Recreation District
2009-01-13Located on Chang An Road West, the Shijingshan Road (the main thoroughfare in Beijing), in the center of Shijingshan District, the newly opened Pullman Beijing West Wanda is in the heart of the area d...
Tibet ready for Spring Festival traffic
2009-01-12Railway, airline and landway transportations for leaving or entering Tibet Autonomous Region, are all in fully ready for Spring Festival and able to meet the tight traffic demand. Alliance ticket fo...
Summit trip in Tibet boosts economy
2009-01-12As the highest mountain in the world, Mt. Qomolangma attracts more and more tourists and many tourists prefer to live in Tingri County at the mountainside of the Qomolangma where they can enjoy the sc...
