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News in April, 2005 |
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China enjoys soaring overseas visitors Apr. 28, 2005
One in four South Koreans travelling abroad last year chose China as the destination, a third more than in 2002.
Summer Palace Renovation Moves into High Gear Apr. 26, 2005
At China's largest imperial garden, the Summer Palace in Beijing, a large-scale renovation project is underway.
BA expands its flights in China and India Apr. 22, 2005
Continuing with its series of expansion initiatives for Asia, British Airways is to increase the number of flights from Hong Kong to London to three times per day. This will be effective from June 3 this year.
Beijing promotes Olympic-themed tourism Apr. 20, 2005
Even though it's still three years until the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the Chinese capital city is already busy promoting Olympic-themed tourism.
Colored waterfalls discovered in Shangri-La Apr. 17, 2005
A splendid colored waterfall cluster was discovered in Niru Village, Shangri-La County, Yunnan.
Amex reveals spiralling Chinese demand for corporate travel tools Apr. 15, 2005
Travel and hospitality industry digest, e-tid, reports says that one in four Chinese companies will be using online corporate travel tools during the next year.
Number of group tourists to Macao soars in February Apr. 13, 2005
Macao logged a 59.6 percent year-on-year increase in group visitors in February, which witnessed the Chinese New Year holiday.
International Tourism Festival Opens in Kunming Apr. 12, 2005
Today is carnival day for residents of Kunming and visitors from around the world as the 2005 Kunming International Cultural Tourism Festival opens in the capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province.
Thai Airways ties up with TravelSky in China Apr. 11, 2005
Thai Airways International has announced its plans to join TravelSky, an aviation distribution system, as it gears up to expand its operations in the aviation and tourism market in China.
Tibet tourism on the rise Apr. 9, 2005
NEARLY 100 thousand domestic and overseas tourists visited China's mountainous region of Tibet in the first quarter of this year, a six percent increase from the same period of last year, according to statistics released by the Tibetan Tourism Bureau.
Beijing opens defense tunnel to tourists Apr. 8, 2005
Beijing opened an old defensive tunnel about 10 meters underground to tourists Wednesday.
New Tourist Attractions in Qufu Apr. 6, 2005
Qufu, Confucius' birthplace in east China's Shandong Province, has decided to enrich its cultural tourism programs and perform the Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644) ancient city gate opening ceremony and the Confucian Temple sacrifice rituals every week instead of once a year, to enable more visitors from home and abroad to appreciate the city's old world charms.
Nonstop Flight Between Guangzhou, Frankfurt Apr. 4, 2005
The first nonstop flight from Guangzhou to Frankfurt in Germany was scheduled to depart Monday night.
China Invests in Protection of Silk Road Relics Apr. 1, 2005
China will invest 420 million yuan (about US$50 million) in the next five years in protecting key cultural relics along the world famous Silk Road in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
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