Yangzhou Readies for Global Tourists

Date: 2009-3-20 by chinatravel;

Yangzhou, a 2500-year-old city in Jiangsu Province, is now a bustling tourism magnet ready to receive visitors from all over the world. As a city abundant in historical and cultural resources, Yangzhou is proud of its potential tourism market that can cater to different international tastes. For European travelers, Marco Polo will be inviting, as he was a local officer in Yangzhou for three ... View Details

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Shanghai Tourists to Taiwan Surge 85 Percent

Date: 2009-3-13 by findani;

More than 5,000 Shanghai residents have made trips to Taiwan since March 1, up 85 percent from the same period of last month, the Pudong border checkpoint said here Thursday. The daily average number of Shanghai visitors to Taiwan has climbed to more than 400 during the first 12 days of this month from no more than 250 since the island allowed mainland tourists on July 4 last year. T ... View Details

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Tibet Inbound Tourism Gradually Recovers

Date: 2009-3-12 by mercier;

Tourist arrivals in the Tibet Autonomous Region rose 4.8 percent year-on-year in the first two month of this year, the local tourism administration said Wednesday. Tourist arrivals hit 121,418, generating revenue of 99.24 million yuan (about US$11.5 million), which was up 0.6 percent, the regional tourism administration said. There were 116,258 domestic tourists, up 5.6 percent, whose spendi ... View Details

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Visitors to Expo will be Offered Tours of China

Date: 2009-3-10 by mercier;

Shanghai will develop three tour packages for visitors who may want to see more of China when they come to the city for World Expo 2010, a local deputy to the National People's Congress said yesterday. The packages will cover the Yangtze River Delta region and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, local NPC deputy Wang Zhan said yesterday in Beijing. Although the finer details of each package ha ... View Details

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Timely Weather Info for Shanghai Expo Visitors

Date: 2009-3-6 by piksl;

Expo visitors will not need to worry about Shanghai's weather. They will receive precise and updated weather forecasts for the Expo site free on their mobile phones when strolling around the 2010 world fair. Construction began yesterday on the pavilion of the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization in the Pudong New Area section of the Expo site. The organization will build a high-tec ... View Details

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