China Travel & Tourism News

The recent windy weather has left Shanghai's two manmade sand resorts with less sand, but more unhappy guests. The Golden Beach in Fengxian District, opened on July 13, wa...

Unconfirmed media reports have triggered widespread speculation that Singapore Airlines will be the first strategic foreign investor to buy into Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlin...

A senior delegation from Emirates, one of the world's fastest growing airlines, officiated a roadshow in Beijing Tuesday to introduce its services in preparation for the launch of ...

Legislators in Chile's lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved a free trade agreement with China in a 94-1 vote, with three abstentions, official sources said. The agreem...

Financial institutions in Shanghai added 1.47 billion U.S. dollars to their foreign-exchange-denominated deposits in the second quarter of this year, representing a year-on-year in...

The Qinhai-Tibet railway has carried a total of 7,241 people from Xining, capital of Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, in its first two weeks of operation, a local railway official said ...

Traffic resumed on the flood-ravaged trunk railway linking Beijing and Guangzhou by midday Tuesday, the Guangzhou Railway Group said. By 5:30 a.m., railway workers had repaired ...

China's airlines lost about 2.5 billion yuan (US$312.5 million), while airports reaped profits of about 1.5 billion yuan (US$187.5 million) in the first half of the year, the Xinhu...

A museum pass that covers Shanghai's 60 museums will be available by year's end. The citywide pass, arranged by the Shanghai Industrial Tourism Promotion Center, would provide ...

A joint test of ferry, port and bridge began yesterday at the Bohai cross-sea railway ferry project. The project will connect Yantai City, eastern China's Shandong Province, and ...

Shenzhen Airlines opened a direct flight to Diqing in Yunnan Province yesterday morning, freeing tourists from the fatigue of a long-distance journey by train. The seats of the...

Mt. Huangshan (or Yellow Mountain) Scenic Area in east China's Anhui Province will have all its public restrooms upgraded by this September. The scenic area currently has 28 pu...

Shanghai is a coastal metropolis, but it lacks the scenery of blue sea and yellow sands. On July 6, the government of Fengxian District announced China's largest man-made beach had...

The number of Chinese tourists to Sri Lanka increased 142 percent in the first half of 2006 over the previous year. China and Sri Lanka maintained stable political relations an...

Zimbabwe has set up four tourism development zones to lure foreign investment in the industry, sources with the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) said on Monday. The establishme...

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera issued a joint press communique in Beijing on Saturday evening. The joint press com...

China has issued a series of souvenirs to mark the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the world's longest plateau railroad. The series, including a stamp album, a gemmy ...

U.S. stocks opened mixed Friday as oil prices hit record 78.40 dollars amid concerns over the Middle East unrest. In the early exchanges, the Dow Jones Industrial Average decli...

Spokesman of Chinese Ministry of Commerce Chong Quan here Friday made a call to related departments of the United States and the European Union that they should show their politica...

The tariff-free trade regime between the member countries of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is an impediment to Zambian access to the Botswana market, a Botswana externa...

Twenty Chinese companies, including four newcomers, rank among the 500 largest firms in the world as listed in Fortune magazine's latest Global 500 published on Wednesday. Chin...

3M, a US-based Fortune 500 multinational company, yesterday began building its first high-tech manufacturing base in South China's Guangzhou Development District. The facility,...

Germany-based Lanxess, a spin-off of chemical giant Bayer AG, aims to expand its brand new Weifang plant by as much as 20 per cent to meet surging domestic demand. Lanxess top ...

The suspension of trading in Shanghai Automotive Co Ltd's shares on the Shanghai stock exchange on Tuesday stirred a flurry of speculation about an impending transaction that could...

The suspension of trading in Shanghai Automotive Co Ltd's shares on the Shanghai stock exchange on Tuesday stirred a flurry of speculation about an impending transaction that could...

Shanghai GM is to introduce a premium Saab sedan in China, expanding its presence in the lucrative luxury car market. While still planning to manufacture a premium Cadillac in ...

The consumer credit in the United States increased by a 2.4 percent annual rate in May, significantly slower than the 5.2 percent gain in April, the Federal Reserve reported on Mon...

Experts from India and Pakistan are to be involved in the renovation of the historic Yadvindra Gardens at Pinjore, 20 km from Chandigarh, the capital of Haryana state in north-cent...

The Potala Palace, the most famous symbol of Tibet, will restrict its daily visits to below 1,800. The measure, according to the museum, is a way to protect the palace, whi...

Tibet's architectural icon, the Potala Palace, will raise its daily entry quota from 1,500 to 2, 300 as of July 1 when the Qinghai-Tibet railway is put into operation, officials sa...