Macao Arts Festival to be Unveiled in May

Date: 2009-3-6 by mercier;

Featuring more than 30 performances by international artists, the 20th Macao Arts Festival (MAF) will be held between May 2 and 30 this year, the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) announced on Thursday. During the MAF, international artists from Portugal, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United States, Canada and Singapore will perfor ... View Details

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Half-price Tuesdays at Shanghai's Attractions

Date: 2009-3-3 by mercier;

In and effort to promote tourism during in the post-New Year slump as well as the economic downturn, the Shanghai Tourism Industry Association has created a tourism promotion. Half-Price Tuesdays allow visitors to go to any of the below listed 18 places and pay only half-price entry. The promotion is slated to last from this week until April 28, 2009.

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Hangzhou Issues 150 million Yuan in Travel Coupons

Date: 2009-2-28 by piksl;

Visitors to Hangzhou can get a 25-percent discount at hotels, tourist sites and teahouses from March 1 to May 31 with coupons from the city government, a municipal tourism official said Friday. Li Hong, head of the city's tourism committee, said coupons would be distributed through tourism promotion offices and travel agencies, post offices, banks and web portals. The coupon would be distribut ... View Details

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One Third of Shanghai to be Green by 2011

Date: 2009-2-28 by findani;

Trees and grass are expected to cover 38.2 percent of Shanghai by 2011, almost doubling the area seen in 1999, Shanghai Daily reported Thursday. The city will spend 82 billion yuan (US$12 billion) on 260 projects, the paper quoted city mayor Han Zhengs saying. According to the fourth Three-Year Environmental Protection Action Plan between 2009 and 2011, it will focus on pollution source cont ... View Details

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Shanghai World Expo 2010 Tickets Set to Go on Sale

Date: 2009-2-28 by mercier;

Tickets for the World Expo 2010 will go on sale for groups on March 27 and for the public on July 1. The basic ticket price will be 160 yuan (22.40 U.S. dollars). Foreigners will be able to buy tickets from overseas outlets authorized by the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination. From March 27 to June 30, group bookings can be made for organizations, institutions and enterprises. The pu ... View Details

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