China Travel & Tourism News

The Romanian embassy in Beijing plans to issue tourist visa to Chinese citizens beginning in January, 2005, Romanian ambassador to China Viorel Isticioaia Budura announced in Beiji...

Hong Kong Disneyland and the government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region announced on Monday that the new theme park will open on September 12, 2005. "The announcement o...

China's tourism speeds up after the nation joined the World Trade Organization (WTO), an official with the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) said in Beijing on Wednesday...

As one of the fastest growing and most intriguing tourism destinations in the world, China is becoming a magnet for travel-related businesses. Nearly 2,900 such overseas and domes...

Efforts of the Beihai Rescue Bureau to improve its capabilities have paid off. With more rescue ships and helicopters, the bureau is capable of covering a larger area of the Bohai...

China aims to attract 210 million overseas visitors annually by 2020, more than double the current figure, a top tourism official said in Shanghai yesterday. By the same year, Chi...

Guangzhou-based Nanfang Daily reports the crash of a plane in northern China has lead to a mini boom in travel insurance. Statistics from the civil aviation department show that o...

The crash of an airliner on Sunday in north China has underlined concerns over the safety of regional planes. Some passengers have started paying additional attention to the type ...

The Romanian embassy in Beijing plans to issue tourist visa to Chinese citizens beginning in January, 2005, Romanian ambassador to China Viorel Isticioaia Budura announced in Beiji...

World leaders who gathered in Egypt for an international conference on Iraq focused on another Mideast issue early Tuesday -- the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians....

India and Pakistan agreed on Tuesday to press on with a frayed peace process as Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz began talks with leaders in New Delhi during a rare visit acro...

ARRIVALS from North and South-east Asian markets into Australia have increased over the last nine months compared to the same period last year. China brought in the biggest growth...

Shopping trips to nearby Asian destinations are becoming more popular with the approach of Christmas and the New Year. According to Shanghai International Travel Service, many cus...

Shenzhen plans to center its public transport system on railways after the first phase of the Shenzhen Metro starts operating. The public transport system would be readjusted and ...

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, one of Asia Pacific's leading luxury hotel groups, will build a new hotel in Shenzhen to be opened in 2007. Construction work started Friday near th...

Air China will operate an average of 3,760 flights every week in the upcoming winter and spring seasons, up 15.25 percent over the previous year. During the period, Air China will...

China's tourism industry enjoyed robust growth in the first 10 months this year, Beijing-based English newspaper China Daily reported Tuesday. According to statistics from the Nat...

The tourism industry enjoyed robust growth in the first 10 months of this year, according to the National Tourism Administration. China received 89.79 million tourists to the main...

Electric bikes are quickly becoming one of the main modes of transportation in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. The latest statistics show 230,000 electric bikes were registered betwe...

Shopping trips to nearby Asian destinations are becoming more popular with the approach of Christmas and the New Year. According to Shanghai International Travel Service, many cus...

China's tourism industry enjoyed robust growth in the first 10 months of this year, according to statistics released by the National Tourism Administration. China received 89.79 m...

Beijing now has nearly 1,000 "non-obstacle" public toilets, said Liang Guangsheng, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Administration Committee (BMAC), Wednesday at the fourth...

TAIWAN is launching a luxury rail tour that its operators hope will put the island on the map for travellers looking for something different. Dubbed Star of Formosa, the new servi...

THREE decades after US carriers stopped flying into Ho Chi Minh City after the North triumphed in the civil war, United Airlines will lead the way back on December 10 with a new di...

All the three wet markets in Pudong's Gaodong Town will start using environmentally friendly plastic bags this Thursday, as part of a move enhancing market service and people's hea...

Beijing plans to invest 3.2 billion yuan (US$385.5 million) in constructing 15 garbage disposal projects during the 2004-2008 period, according to a senior municipal official. Bas...

This southern economic dynamo is increasing investment in its cultural sector. The young city, developed as the most successful special economic zone in China in only two decades,...

Finnish airline Finnair Oyj said Wednesday it will start direct flights from Helsinki to Guangzhou in September, adding to its routes to China and Japan. Finnair said it would off...

Brazil, Argentina and Chile have been approved by the Chinese government as Chinese group tourist destinations, according to the latest news from China National Tourism Administrat...

Bangkok and the northern capital of Chiang Mai have been ranked by a popular magazine the Conde Nast Traveler the 1st and 4th respectively best tourism destinations in Asia, the To...