China Travel & Tourism News

In view of the latest situation in the Maldives, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Tuesday issued an amber Outbound Travel Alert (OTA) for those intending to v...

The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, a luxurious hotel located on the top of the city's tallest building, held its opening ceremony on Tuesday, claiming its title as the world's hig...

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing has published a green paper titled "China's Tourism Development Analysis and Forecast 2011". The green paper lists ei...

The Australian Department of Resources, Energy, and Tourism and the China National Tourism Administration have signed a China-Australia Tourism Cooperation Memorandum of Understand...

Air China has announced the impending launch of its new route between Beijing and Milan on June 15, 2011. The route will be serviced by wide-bodied Airbus A330 aircraft. The secon...

Straits Tourist Attractions Alliance, a non-profit organization with member tourist attractions from six provinces in mainland China and the Tai pei, Kinmen, Matsu, and Penghu area...

The 2011 International Horticultural Exposition (IHE) opened in the Chinese city of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province on Thursday. The 178-day event, which kicks off on April 28 and str...

Star Alliance has reintroduced its Xingkongdazhan campaign in mainland China, promoting the fare products Round the World, Circle, and Airpasses. The move is intended to strengthe...

The Butterfly Garden of Beijng Botanical Garden (BBG) opened on Tuesday. The 600-square-meter garden has a collection of over 2,000 butterflies of 20 different species. Travel ti...

Confucianism has had the most enduring and profound effect on Chinese culture. As time passed, Confucius (551-479 BC) became respected as a sage, and temples dedicated to him were ...

The Macau Government Tourist Office has published guestroom rates for the period from April 29 to May 9, 2011 on its official website. The Tourist Office will also pass the room r...

Hilton Worldwide has signed three management agreements with New Huadu Industrial Group — for a Waldorf Astoria-branded resort and a Hilton Hotels & Resorts property in Hainan, a...

The 2010 Tai pei International Flora Exposition (the Expo) closed on Monday. And official statistics by operation headquarter of the Expothe administrative committee of the expo sh...

In anticipation of the upcoming May Day Holiday, the Ciming Health Check Group received nearly 1000 phone calls, many from Chinese patients interested in anti-aging treatments near...

Local media reports that construction of the Kunming to Singapore high speed railway is expected to start in April 2011 and to to be completed in 2020. Following the completion of ...

Air China recently announced that it will launch a new international service to Athens, Greece on May 11, 2011. This new service, from Beijing to Athens with stopover in Munich, w...

South Korea and China have agreed to launch direct flight services between Gimpo International Airport and Beijing International Airport starting in July this year, the Ministry of...

The Hutong, an old-style city alley or lane, is one of the most distinctive features and must-see attractions in Beijing. There are thousands of hutongs in the city, many of which ...

Hainan, China's southernmost island province, has been famous for its 3S: sea, sun and sand. Now, it can add a fourth S - shopping. The provincial government launched a tax ...

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan said on Monday that the country would strive to develop tourism into a strategic pillar industry of the nation's economy over the 12th Five-Yea...

As the sunny spring weather warms up the city, flowers are blooming and animals are returning from their winter retreats. Beijing's Yuyuantan Park is celebrating the arrival of...

Millennium-old Zhujiajiao just an hour from Shanghai offers a glimpse of ancient Yangtze Delta life. If you are in Shanghai and have just a day to explore the culture of a Yangt...

Tourists spending in Hong Kong reached a new high record at 209.98 billion HK dollars last year, up 32.7 percent from 2009, the Hong Kong Tourism Board announced Sunday. Tourist...

The ruins of the Guge Kingdom are located on a mountain in Zhabran Village 19 km west of the county town of Zhada in the Xizang Autonomous Region of China. The Guge kingdom was ...

Hong Kong Disneyland launched a new Magic Access membership on Thursday, with a price ranging from 650 Hong Kong dollars to 2,400 HK dollars for adults, up 30 to 40 percent compare...

Shanghai's municipal government has revealed a draft blueprint for a new tourist resort where Disney's theme park would be built, said a spokesman with the city's urban...

The most enchanting sights in China are said to be Shanghai at night, Beijing in autumn, Chongqing in fog and Guilin in the rain. I headed to Guilin, which means forest of sweet os...

Tourists stroll through cherry trees in blossom in the Yuantong Park in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 6, 2011. Thousands of cherry trees have bee...

Well-educated and well-paid single Chinese women were at the forefront of a boom in travel by the country's women in 2010. According to the 2010 Trend Report of Women's ...

Vast swathes of rapeseed blooms have helped the economy of a previously destitute county in Yunnan blossom. While much of northern China was blanketed in snow in February, earl...