BEIJING, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- About 300 million Chinese are expected to travel during the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays this year, according to a report released Monday.The number represents an increase of 20 percent from a year earlier, according to the report by the China Tourism Academy and CTrip.com, the country's leading online travel service enterprise.Travelers are projected to spend 145 billion yuan (22.7 billion U.S. dollars)，...Read More
MANILA, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Benigno Aquino III returned to Manila Saturday evening from a five-day state visit to China.Aquino, who arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, reported what he had accomplished from his visit to China, including the multi-billion dollars investments that could come in the country from Chinese investors.He also cited the agreements signed with China. These included agreements on trade, economic and technical cooperation,...Read More
Golden Toad Biting the MoonAccording to a journalist, in the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, “Air Sisters” of Zhangjiajie will hold a ceremony to worship the moon in Baofeng Lake, praying for a prosperous and harmonious country.It is reported that “Air Sisters” are several girls of Zhangjiajie Tujia ethnic group chosen by network mass-selection. They once took part in the shooting for a VCR travel publicity film titled Breathing Zhangjiajie that was...Read More
LHASA, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- A Tibetan tea museum will open by 2013 in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, to promote the rich Tibetan tea culture that dates back 1,300 years.The China Tibetan tea union company ltd. has invested 100 million yuan (15.67 million U.S. dollars) to build the museum on an area of 40 mu (2.66 hectares) in a Tibetan cultural park, according to Wang Huan, company...Read More
This September will be “A Golden Month of Travel” for Zhangjiajie because the International Country Music Week and the second Hunan Tourism Commodities Fair are going to be held this month, which will boost Zhangjiajie’s tourism in autumn. According to the forecast of local tourism authorities, from Sept.10 to 23, tourists from home and abroad will flood into Zhangjiajie. Now, most hotels rooms have been reserved in Wulingyuan Scenic Area....Read More
