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Poetry Festival opens in Xi'an » 2009-5-26 19:56:30 Read : 111

In the Northwestern Chinese city of Xi'an, the second China Poetry Festival got underway on the weekend. Here's a look at the grand literary occasion.

The opening ceremony on Saturday night ...

Sichuan to open quake relics to tourists » 2009-5-24 21:07:50 Read : 95

JIANYANG, Sichuan, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Officials in southwest China's Sichuan Province, where the massive Wenchuan earthquake left more than 87,000 people dead or missing and more than 374,640 injur ...

China opens underwater museum » 2009-5-21 21:30:05 Read : 119

China has unveiled another world first with the opening of an underwater museum near Fuling City in Chongqing.

The Baiheliang Museum is home to what��s claimed to be the world��s oldest hyd ...

City's tourism industry mobilized for Expo » 2009-5-20 21:16:31 Read : 95

Shanghai's tourism industry is mobilized for the World Expo 2010 in the city's tourism conference yesterday, the first pep meeting in the industry's endeavor for the Expo and the new step in the jo ...

Shows, studies preserve Xinjiang's ethnic arts » 2009-5-19 20:20:27 Read : 103

 BEIJING, May 19 -- If you have only one night's stay in Urumqi, capital city of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, one way to savor authentic Uygur culture is to take in a performance of " ...

Airport to be built near renowned Buddhist Mount Jiuhua » 2009-5-17 20:58:32 Read : 94

HEFEI, May 16 (Xinhua) -- China plans to start building a regional airport near Mount Jiuhua, one of the country's four most renowned Buddhist mountains, this year.

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New tourism hot spot of the Northeast China » 2009-5-14 20:23:32 Read : 103

The government of Yingkou in Northeast China's Liaoning province came to Beijing recently to promote its image as an emerging tourism destination and development region. Gao Zuoping, deputy mayor o ...

Another Great Wall » 2009-5-13 21:18:45 Read : 122

The world's largest dam re-opened its gates to visitors last month and we were among the first to check out this almost completed man-made wonder.

Initially opened to tourists in 2005 the T ...

Macao's visitor arrivals in package tours soar 30.9% in March » 2009-5-13 20:15:33 Read : 80

 MACAO, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Macao registered 551,010 visitor arrivals in package tours in March 2009, an increase of 30.9 percent over the same period of last year, according to the figures rel ...

China to excavate Peking Man site again, in hopes of more findings » 2009-5-12 20:33:17 Read : 107

Chinese scientists will soon launch an excavation at a cave where the first Peking Man skull was found with an aim to find more relics of ape men who were believed to live as early as 770,000 years ...

Foreigners help promote S China island tourism » 2009-5-11 22:42:41 Read : 106

HAIKOU, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-seven people from 15 countries have been invited to publicize tourist resources in China's southernmost province of Hainan.

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Visitors to Hong Kong up 1.8% in Q1 » 2009-5-6 20:51:44 Read : 91

HONG KONG, May 6 (Xinhua) -- About 740 million people visited Hong Kong in the first quarter of 2009, a year-on-year rise of 1.8 percent, Hong Kong Tourism Board said here Wednesday.

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Tourism begins to revive in SW China's quake zones » 2009-5-6 0:48:30 Read : 89

CHENGDU, May 5 (Xinhua) --Tourists from other parts of China swarmed to quake zones in southwest China's Sichuan Province and during the May 1 holiday weekend.

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Beijingers opt for suburban travel in shortened May Day holiday » 2009-5-4 20:37:24 Read : 95

BEIJING, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Tourism promotion has resulted in a travel boom in Beijing over the just-concluded Labor Day holiday, as the city recorded 3.7 million visitors from May 1 to 3, a rise of ...

Landscape of foreign cultures restored at world heritage Lushan » 2009-5-3 20:02:38 Read : 102

NANCHANG, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Cooling, a street on world heritage site Mount Lushan in eastern China's Jiangxi Province, re-opened to tourists in the May Day holiday after a restoration project, an o ...

Progress made in HK Disneyland expansion talks » 2009-5-3 20:01:20 Read : 115

HONG KONG, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Substantial progress has been made in the negotiations on the expansion plans of the Hong Kong Disneyland between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ( HKSAR) g ...

Some tourist spots in Tibet's Shannan open for free during May Day holiday » 2009-4-28 19:57:31 Read : 93

 BEIJING, April 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Some tourist attractions in southeastern Tibet's Shannan Prefecture will open for free during the May Day holiday, according to the Tourism Bureau of the pref ...

World's largest abandoned man-made mine becomes a park » 2009-4-23 3:55:30 Read : 93

SHENYANG, Liaoning, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The world's largest abandoned manmade mine in Fuxin City of China's northeast Liaoning Province has been converted to a park and will be ready to receive to ...

Sichuan tourists visit Taipei pandas » 2009-4-21 19:45:54 Read : 104

Foreigners make up ten percent of visitors to Tibet » 2009-4-19 21:57:22 Read : 96

BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhuanet) -- One out of ten visitors to Tibet is from a foreign country after the region reopened to foreign tourists or tourists from China's Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in ear ...

Hong Kong takes new measures to facilitate visitors from Taiwan » 2009-4-15 20:46:58 Read : 119

HONG KONG, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The Immigration Department of Hong Kong announced new measures here Wednesday to provide easier access to the city for Taiwan residents beginning April 27.

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Sichuan offers discount tourism deals » 2009-4-14 20:44:20 Read : 114

 BEIJING, April 14 -- Chengdu City, the capital of Sichuan Province, has launched discount tourist cards.

    The cards are intended to help boost the recovery of t ...

Chinese city to build underground station for terracotta warriors museum » 2009-4-13 21:31:58 Read : 131

 XI'AN, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Xi'an is to build an underground station in 2013 to cater for visitors to its most famous attraction -- the world-famous terracotta warriors and horses, an officia ...

Beijing drops as tourist destination » 2009-4-12 20:10:26 Read : 98

BEIJING, April 10 -- A combination of factors, apart from the financial crisis, have resulted in less overseas tourists visiting Beijing.

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Tibet receives 1st foreign tourist group after resuming tourism » 2009-4-7 19:39:50 Read : 101

 LHASA, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Foreign tourists have begun entering Tibet as the region lifted a month-long suspension.

S China's Shenzhen eases rules on residents' travel to Hong Kong » 2009-4-2 20:36:36 Read : 111

China further relaxed rules on individual travel to Hong Kong Wednesday, allowing residents of Shenzhen City, southern Guangdong Province easier entry to the neighboring special administrative regi ...

West Lake area praised as land of intoxicating beauty » 2009-4-1 19:49:35 Read : 116

BEIJING, April 1 -- "In heaven, there is paradise; on earth, it's Suzhou and Hangzhou". This popular saying captures very well the charm of Hangzhou.

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Top shipyard to launch pavilion » 2009-3-31 20:30:36 Read : 146

A famous shipyard is to build a pavilion on the Huangpu River to provide an insight into future waterside life at the next year's Expo.

The China State Shipbuilding Corporation, owner o ...

Official: Tibet to reopen to foreign tourists » 2009-3-29 20:28:15 Read : 126

LHASA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Foreign tourists will be allowed to get into Tibet as of April 5, a tourism official said here Sunday.

    "Tibet will resume receiving fore ...

Japan to grant tourist visas to Chinese individuals » 2009-3-26 20:01:21 Read : 130

 TOKYO, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The Japanese government will start granting individual Chinese citizens tourist visas as of July this year to attract more Chinese sightseers to Japan, local media ...

Confucius' hometown in China's Shandong plans ceremony on tomb-sweeping day » 2009-3-25 19:44:49 Read : 93

East China's Shandong Province will stage a grand ceremony to commemorate Confucius in the sage's birthplace on the traditional tomb-sweeping day next month, local officials said Wednesday.

Chinese woman missing during ferry trip from Finland to Sweden » 2009-3-25 19:42:50 Read : 134

A 25-year-old Chinese woman was reported missing at the weekend during a ferry trip from Finland back to Sweden, the Chinese embassy in Stockholm said on Wednesday.

Early Saturday mornin ...

Hotel to offer natural hot spring spas » 2009-3-24 19:59:00 Read : 142

A Songjiang District hotel will offer visitors spas from a natural hot spring within two years.

The district tourism authority has completed planning for a luxury five-star hotel and th ...

History in the making » 2009-3-23 21:27:29 Read : 146

BEIJING, March 24 -- With the emergence of new buildings like the CCTV Tower, Bird's Nest and T3, Beijing is metamorphosing into a modern city at an unprecedented speed. At the same time, howe ...

More attractions to offer discount » 2009-3-22 20:28:26 Read : 120

Ten more scenic spots and tourist attractions will be chosen to offer a 50 percent discount on admission prices every Tuesday, Shanghai tourism authority said yesterday.

The half-price ...

Six Sichuan pandas set for new home in east coast tourist resort » 2009-3-22 20:04:27 Read : 108

HANGZHOU, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Six captive pandas in quake-hit Sichuan Province could get new homes in a tourist resort in east China's Zhejiang Province in October, the local government said Wedne ...

Ancient Chinese cities jointly promote tourism » 2009-3-22 20:02:19 Read : 142

BEIJING, March 19 -- Eight Chinese cities noted for their ancient civilizations have teamed up to promote tourism. They include Beijing, Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, Luoyang, Anyang, Xi'an and Hangzhou.

Last-round Olympic relics auctioned off in Beijing » 2009-3-19 21:47:49 Read : 106

Collectors spent a total of 47.8 million yuan ($7 million) yesterday to get their hands on the last 410 drums and 978 bamboo scrolls that featured in the amazin ...

French for returning bronzes to China » 2009-3-19 21:47:05 Read : 101

An overwhelming majority of French people feel that two Chinese bronze sculptures that were auctioned last week should be given to

2009 World Stamp Exhibition and Peony Exhibition to open in Luoyang » 2009-3-19 21:46:12 Read : 69

The 2009 World Stamp Exhibition and the 27th Peony Exhibition will kick off in Luoyang, central