China Travel Blog

China expanded online purchase service of train tickets Nov. 30 by including Z nonstop express trains nationwide into the service, to save passengers from long-time queuing.Passengers can log on at www.12306.cn, the ministry's official online ticket-booking website, to buy train tickets, China Daily reported on 30 November.The webiste initiated the online service in June, but only for high-speed ...

China is the most popular destination out of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India & China) among UK holidaymakers, according to the World Travel Market (WTM) 2011 Industry Report released on Monday at the WTM Conference.Out of the 1,006 UK holidaymakers surveyed, 46 percent are interested in visiting China and a further 8 percent have already done so.1,029 senior executives of businesses in the ...

Tibet Autonomous Region is now promoting its "Winter Tour in Tibet" campaign, which is being held from this year's Nov. 1 to Mar. 31, 2012, said Wang Songping, director of the regional tourism bureau."The winter scenery in Tibet is of magical splendor compared to summer days. The sunshine is more pure and transparent, and the lakes are bluer and surrounded by primeval forest," he said, adding th ...

The 6th Peking Opera Festival kicked off on Nov. 2 in central China's Hubei province as part of the government's efforts to revive the traditional artform. It would lasts until Nov. 18.The festival will features 33 operas to be performed by 33 troupes from all over China, including renowned opera artists Mei baojiu, Yu Kuizhi and Shang Changrong.The festival will cover a wide range of Peking ope ...

What to visit for winter vacations in China? With a vast territory, China actually can dish up a host of wonderful wintertime travel destinations, from fantastic ice and snow festival in Harbin, Beijing cultural experience, snow-capped Yellow Mountain, to sunbathing in Sanya…Harbin for Ice and Snow Festival Harbin, known as the "Icy City of China"，presents a wonder world of ice and snow in win ...

The China Pavilion, the top attraction of Expo 2010 Shanghai, closed on Oct. 9, leaving behind tearful staff who worked there for more than 18 months.Due to tremendous visitor interest, the inverted pyramid-like structure reopened twice after the 184-day fair officially ended on Oct 31, 2010.Its main structure will continue to be used as a public culture venue.As of Oct. 9, the 2-billion-yuan ($ ...

The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is well known for attracting more foreign visitors than the city of Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province.That trend was repeated in 2011. And many of the visitors had an extra reason for coming: Twelve panda cubs were recently born at the research base, according to Zhang Zhihe, the base chief.Partly as a result of that, an aver ...