China Travel & Tourism News

The Shenzhen Municipal Tourism Bureau had issued new plaques for most of the 165 star-rated hotels in Shenzhen by Friday, the Daily Sunshine reported Saturday. Each plaque contain...

Every morning as a new fleet of buses unloads tourists at the Shaolin temple, Li Yaojin thinks wistfully about the peaceful days two decades ago when he first arrived as a Buddhist...

LSG Sky Chefs, which claims 30 percent of the world's airline catering business, is seeking joint ventures at China's 30 busiest airports to expand its share of the robust Chinese ...

LSG Sky Chefs, which claims 30 percent of the world's airline catering business, is seeking joint ventures at China's 30 busiest airports to expand its share of the robust Chinese ...

The Peoples Insurance Company of China (PICC) Property and Casualty Co Ltd, China's largest insurer, excluding life insurers, is promoting online sales to reduce costs and improve ...

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...

Five years into its Western Development drive, China has greatly improved transportation facilities in its western regions with large investments in the construction of railways, r...

China is considering scrapping two of its three annual "Golden Week" holidays and replacing them with flexible, paid annual leave for all workers. The public is increasingly fed u...

A travel agency in Shanghai has created a tour service for seniors to boost its sales in the flat business season, the Shanghai Evening News reported. The first such trip, startin...

The Shanghai News Daily says local residents can enjoy world-class art performances at the ongoing 6th Shanghai International Arts Festival at half-price. According to the report,...

A martial arts group from Shaolin Temple in central China's Henan Province left Wednesday for Sao Paulo, Brazil. The group will perform Chinese kung fu for audiences in the countr...

China issued its first set of stamps of the top 100 Chinese family names Thursday in Beijing. This set of special stamps features a red Chinese knot, which symbolizes unity and lu...

According to the 2003 Urban Noise Environment Quality Report released by Environmental Monitoring Station under China Environmental Protection Administration, the top ten cities en...

Chinese restaurant are expecting a good year after vital damage caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic last year and bird flu earlier this year. "Chinese ...

Chinese flights has logged more than five million continuous hours of safety, the longest such streak in the nation's history. Wang Changshun, deputy head of China Administration ...

A new plan for Mount Zijina?s tourist areas and facilities was approved by Jiangsua?s Bureau of Construction on November 8. The approved layout aims to rebuild facilities at Mount...

Xuanwu Lake is in the northeast portion of Nanjing City near the railway station. The lake covers an area of 444 hectares with a coastline of 15 kilometers in circumferences. Acc...

Dr.Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum, situated in Mount Zijin (also called Mount Zhongshan) in the eastern suburb of Nanjing. It has a circumference of over 31square kilometers and its high...

China and 15 other countries have joined NASA officials this week to consider how they might cooperate with US plans for human exploration of the moon and Mars. The three-day Wash...

Tao Yan, held a certificate naming her the 25 millionth visitor to the Oriental Pearl TV Tower yesterday. Today marks the 10th anniversary of the tower. The tower, one of the city...

Difficulty in organizing tours to Europe has made local travel agencies turn to Asian tours, the Shanghai Morning Post reported today. Skiing in Hokkaido, Japan and shopping in Ho...

SWISS tourism officials from Lake Geneva & Matterhorn Region (LGMR) will kick off a 10-day sales call to Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing and Taipei tomorrow. Switzerland To...

China is drafting law on protected areas of nature reserves and to submit to the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, in 2006, said an official Tuesday. It i...

Air Zimbabwe is slated to launch weekly flights between Beijing and Harare transferring via Singapore on November 24, the first air links between China and Zimbabwe. The flight, a...

Norway is witnessing a surge in Asian arrivals with double-digit growth of 70 percent this year from January to September. Per Holte, director of tourism, Innovation Norway, a new...

SPURRED by increasing tourist arrivals from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this summer where 13,280 of its nationals visited Malaysia in August this year, Tourism Malaysia and Mala...

Beijing is asking its star-rated hotels to once more take power-saving measures as part of the city's efforts to host a "Green Olympics" in 2008. On Monday, the Beijing Organizing...

Deluxe foreign resorts are increasing their marketing efforts in Shanghai as incomes here increase and local travelers become more sophisticated in their tastes. Tourism malaysia ...

Travel agencies are taking a wait-and-see attitude to the newly opened overseas tourism destination, Brazil, worrying the high cost of around 30,000 yuan (US$3,628) may hold back d...

A Delegation headed by government officials from Dali was in south Chinaa?s Shenzhen City Wednesday to promote tourism and the Dali culture, kicking off a nation-wide promotional t...