With the approach of the Spring Festival holiday, many Chinese are choosing to purchase "nianhuo," or basic goods and necessities for the holiday, in non-traditional ways. The festival, which begins on Feb. 10 this year, serves as an important occasion for family reunions, as well as marks the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Purchasing meat, clothing and other ingredients and gifts is a common tradition for the festival....Read More
The Promotion Conference of New Tourism Products themed "Coming into Happy Changsha" & 10th Anniversary Celebration of Changsha Association of Travel Services was held on the afternoon of January 8. Introduced at the conference were the recent new achievements, new scenic areas and new products of Changsha tourism. The promotion focused on 13 scenic areas, including the "5A"-class Yuelu Mountain & Orange Isle Scenic Areas, Huitang International Tourist Resort and...Read More
At the beginning of the New Year, good news was released by ZJJ Wulingyuan Tourist Administration: two special spots–ZJJ Giant Salamander Science and Technology Museum and Xibu Street were officially authorized as national AAA scenic spots. In this way, Wulingyuan owns 3 national AAA scenic spots up to now.Since 2012, ZJJ Giant Salamander Science and TechnologyMuseum and Xibu Street have upgraded their hardware and software construction in different fields vigorously,...Read More
Swimming in the falling snow in sunshine, Wulingyuan Scenic spots, Zhangjiajie, one of the World Natural Heritage, embraces the coming New Year. According to tourism department of Wulingyuan, 15 thousand tourists visited here on the first day of the new year of 2013, with a year-on-year increase of 65.3 percent. Among them, international tourists accounts for 30 percent or so and a single scenic spot regarded as Zhangjiajie Giant Salamander...Read More
The 2012 Annual Conference of the Friendship Association for Hunan Overseas Chinese Societies (FAHOCS) & Exchange Meeting of Overseas Chinese from Hunan and Hong Kong was held in Hong Kong on January 3, 2013. Vice President of Hunan Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (HFROC) Zhu Jianshan, and the Executive President of FAHOCS convened the conference. The event brought together more than 100 people including members of FAHOCS, representatives of Hong...Read More