Taiwan To Open To Individual Mainland Tourists
Taiwan is scheduled to allow individual tourists from the Chinese mainland to travel to the island in January 2011 — a month earlier than originally planned.
Beijing Reports 21.3% Increase In Tourist Arrivals This Year
Beijing saw the number tourist arrival hit 4.16 million in the first 10 months of this 2010 — 21.3% more than in the same period of the previous year and exceeding the total for the whole of 2009.
China And Portugal Sign Tourism Cooperation Agreement
China and Portugal have signed an agreement in Lisbon to boost cooperation on tourism between the two countries.
Visitor Arrivals In Tibet Hit 6.37 Million
According to figures released by the Tibet Tourism Bureau, a record number of 6.37 million tourists from home and abroad visited Tibet Autonomous Region in the first 10 months of 2010, 20.8% more than in the same period of the previous year.
Sanya: 2010 Visitor Arrivals To Q3 Exceed 6.63 Million
According to the Sanya Tourism Development Committee, more than 6.63 million overnight tourists visited Sanya in the first three quarters of this year: up 20.7% from the previous year.
Xinjiang: Annual Visitor Arrivals To Hit 50 Million
According to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Tourism Bureau, the number of visitor arrivals to Xinjiang is expected to reach an average 50 million a year over the 12th five-year plan period from 2011 to 2015.
Managing Kempinki's Future In China
Michael Henssler is president China for Kempinski, as well as being the managing director of Key International Hotels Management Company — Kempinski's joint venture in China with the Beijing Tourism Group.
Korean Air Launches Guangzhou-Wonju-Cheju Route
Korean Air, South Korea's flagship airline, has commenced operating flights on the Guangzhou-Wonju-Cheju route — from October 23, 2010 to February 28, 2011: in a bid to meet the increasing demand of Chinese tourists for winter sightseeing and skiing in South Korea.
Qingdao Water Park To Open June 2011
At the third Shandong Cultural Industries Fair it was revealed that a large-scale water park in Qingdao is scheduled to open in June 2012 and it is expected to become a new hot tourism spot in Shandong province.
Record Number Of Mainland Tourists Visit Taiwan
According to the Taiwan Tourism Bureau, the number of mainland tourists traveling to Taiwan reached a record 1.19 million in the first nine months of 2010, 73.52% more than the 687,000 visitors in the same period of the previous year.
Jiaozuo To Hold 2010 Yuntai Mountain International Tourism Festival
The 2010 Yuntai Mountain International Tourism Festival will be held in Jiaozuo City in northern Henan Province, between October 23, 2010, and October 27, 2010.