China Travel News

China Southern Airlines opened a direct air route linking Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and Kaohsiung, Taiwan on Mar. 12. It is the first non-stop flight from mainland’s Xinjiang to Taiwan, and claims to be the longest Cross-Strait flight with a 5.5- hour trip. Mar. 12, local time in China, the charter flight CZ6053 took off from Urumqi Diwobao International Airport ( ...

The Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. For Chinese people, it is a time for family reunion, just like the Christmas in the West. Tens of millions of people travel to their family homes, after living away from hometown for a full year. In 2013, the festival falls on Feburary 10, which means the holiday travel period will probably span ...

Beijing will start a 72-hour visa-free stay policy for citizens of 45 countries in 2013 to boost tourism, Beijing municipal government announced on December 5.From Jan. 1, 2013, foreigners from 45 countries, landing in Beijing but destined for other countries, can hold third country visas and plane tickets to apply for a transit without visa (TWOV), at Beijing Capital International Airport. They ...

On 11-13 October 2012, the 6th UNWTO/PATA Forum on Tourism Trends and Outlook was successfully convened in Guilin. The forum was jointly organized by the Toursim Organization (UNWTO) and the Pacific Asian Travel Association (PATA), hosted by Guilin Municipal Government and in collaboration with Hong Kong Polytechnic University. This year's forum was themed around collaboration and partnership i ...

These days a monk's video was posted on the Chinese internet, which has been viewed by several millions up to now. It makes the monk famous all over China. In the video, he was harassed by several monkeys when he was being interviewed on television in Emei Mountain. In the video, he said to the monkeys with a smile: "Hey, hey, stop disturbing me monkey, it's not easy to be interviewed, maybe you ...

China celebrated its second Tourism Day on May 19 with various activities staged across the country to welcome tourists from home and abroad, and thousands of travel agencies and hotels offering discounts to boost business.China Tourism Day - the nation's largest and most influential tourist event, was approved as a non-statutory holiday by the government in 2011. "We celebrate China Tourism Day ...

The Palace Museum in the heart of Beijing, more popularly known as the Forbidden City, opened its Huangji Palace to the public on April 25, 2012. Huangji Palace, built in 1689, was used to hold ceremonies for emperors after they finished handling State affairs. Its structure is duplicated the Palace of Heavenly Purity. The palace is one of the main architectures along the east route of Forbidden ...