China Travel & Tourism News

The Indonesian Culture and Tourism Ministry has launched "Visit Indonesia Year (VIY) 2008" in an effort to attract more foreign tourists to the country, the Antaranews agen...

The first bullet train designed and manufactured in China with a speed of 300 kilometers per hour rolled off the production line on Saturday morning. The train was the latest m...

Some 2.3 million foreign tourists visited Argentine capital Buenos Aires in 2007, roughly 200,000 more than a year earlier, the Buenos Aires Tourism Organization said on Monday. ...

Foreign or Chinese passengers entering the country do not need to fill in quarantine declaration forms from next month, it was announced Wednesday. However, they are required to...

Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa praised Tuesday the establishment of the Zambia-China Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone, which he said would provide more job opportunities and h...

An estimated 9 million people will cross checkpoints in and out of Hong Kong during the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays, an increase of 9.1 percent over the same period la...

BEIJING, Dec. 18 -- The Chinese mainland will let its commercial banks invest in UK stocks and funds in the first expansion of the country's international investment program ou...

The Beijing-Tianjin passenger railway yesterday completed laying its tracks, making it possible for the high-speed train to open as scheduled for the 2008 Summer Olympics. ...

Upon first encountering Longyan, one is struck by its appearance. The same holds true for many other cities in the interior of this province, but Longyan is special. And no, it ...

Overseas visitors will be able to better appreciate the grandeur of the Palace Museum, or the Forbidden City, next year when foreign guides speak to them in their own tongue. Th...

Most of the foreign tourists coming to Siem Reap, where the renowned Angkor Wat is situated, were from South Korea and China in October, Chinese-language newspaper the Commercial N...

Once cultural artifacts are discovered the next step is to preserve them, especially in the face of modern urban development. Local planning authorities in Chongqing are prepari...

Beijing's first ever automatic train that has been designed to serve the upcoming new wing of its Capital International Airport was put on a trial Tuesday. The express rail ...

Belgian guitarist Emmanuel Baily felt he already knew a little about Chinese culture before arriving in the country for the first time earlier this month. He had read six books ...

THE Beijing Municipal Statistics Bureau announced that in October, a record 472,000 overseas tourists arrived in Beijing. The figure is 13.6 per cent higher than arrivals for the s...

Chinese archaeologists are preparing to open a 2,200-year-old, well-preserved coffin in central China's Hubei Province, which may contain large amounts of silk fabrics. ...

The China-Spain Forum in Madrid this week will help entrepreneurs from the two countries establish closer ties and share the experience of exploring the global market, the Spanish ...

Thailand will earn about 500 billion baht (14.7 billion U.S. dollars) from tourism revenue, an increase of 10 percent from last year, according to a recent report issued by Kasikor...

Most European businesses are doing well in China despite increasing competition, says the latest survey of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. The annual Europ...

Japan's new Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law took effect on Tuesday, authorizing the government to fingerprint and photograph all foreigners aged 16 or over upon...

Air China will launch direct flight from Beijing to Pyongyang on Jan. 2, 2008, a senior executive of the Chinese carrier said Sunday. The departure time of flight CA121 at Beiji...

Cuba expects to receive more than 2 million tourists in 2007, Vice Tourism Minister Maria Elena Lopez said Friday. Lopez made the remarks during the 18th French Association...

DRAGONAIR has ventured into medical tourism and is offering packages which include air travel, hotel accommodation, health checks transportation and a sightseeing tour targeted at ...

The preliminary design plans for the China Pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010 have been selected from a star-studded international architectural field. The showcase area ...

Tracks are now being laid for the Beijing-Tianjin high-speed rail project. The rail, the first of its kind in China, is a major auxiliary project for next summer's Beijing Olym...

The 11th Mt. Huangshan International Tourism Festival with the theme of Charming Huangshan, Harmonious Huizhou, co-sponsored by China National Tourism Administration, Anhui Provinc...

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) resumed its flights to Macao, China, on Saturday as its first flight left the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The Malaysia's national carrie...

A heavy fog that blanketed northeast China's Liaoning Province earlier this week continued to envelop the provincial capital, Shenyang, on Thursday, causing highway closures an...

Protection of World Heritage is top of the agenda at the third session of the International Conference on World Natural Heritage. More than one hundred delegates from 30 countries ...

The Beijing rail management company announced on Tuesday that it has completed laying the tracks on an express rail between the downtown area and Beijing Capital International Airp...