Shanghai World Expo Ticket Sales Start

Date: 2009-3-28 by mercier;

Organizers of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo launched ticket sales for the event on Friday, kicking off the 400-day countdown to the global event scheduled on May 1 next year. It is the first round of ticket sales, targeted only at group visitors who can book seats through appointed agencies. Individuals cannot book tickets until July 1, organizers said. The first batch of official ticket dist ... View Details

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Sichuan Issues 20 Mln Tourism Cards for Promotion

Date: 2009-3-26 by mercier;

The capital of China's Sichuan province began its promotion to lure tourists by issuing 20 million tourism cards on March 24. Each card costs 1 yuan ($0.14) and 15 million of them will be given to people outside Sichuan, said Mu Tao, deputy chief of Chengdu tourism administration. Until the end of the year, cardholders can visit 11 tourist attractions in the city without paying entrance fees, a ... View Details

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HK to Improve Tourism Facilities

Date: 2009-3-26 by mercier;

Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Yvonne Choi has disclosed to the local media that the Tourism Commission will invest HK$50 million this year to improve the tourism facilities in Hong Kong. Choi stated that the investment would cover: the building of a scenic square and public facilities at Lantau Ngong Ping 360, which ... View Details

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China Starts Building U.S. 'Flying Tigers' Park

Date: 2009-3-22 by piksl;

Construction of a park began Sunday in Lingui county in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to commemorate the U.S. Flying Tigers air squadron who helped the Chinese fight the Japanese in the World War Two. The park, covering 17 hectares, will be built on the site of the Yangtang airport that hosted American planes during WWII, about 15 kilometers from Guilin City. The 23.4-mi ... View Details

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Six Sichuan Pandas Set for New Home in East Coast Tourist Resort

Date: 2009-3-22 by mercier;

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 Wednesday. The move is part of the efforts to find suitable new homes for pandas from the Wolong base of the China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center of Sichuan, which was ravaged by the May 12 earthquake last year. The six will ... View Details

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