Five Countries To Promote Circum-Japan Sea Travel
Tourism departments from China, Russia, South Korea, North Korea and Japan have reached a consensus on a cruise route for cross-border travel.
Tianjin Publishes Tourism Administrative Penalty Standard
Tianjin municipality has published the "Tianjin Tourism Administrative Penalty Discretion Standard (for Trial Implementation)" which will be put into force from December 1, 2009.
China Opens Website For Tour Guides
A website for tour guides that was developed by the National Tourism Administration of China, tourguide.net.cn, was officially launched at the beginning of November 2009.
Accor Makes Its Taiwan Debut
The Accor Group has opened its first hotel in Taiwan: the new Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport.
Beijing To Build Large Tourist Center
Beijing will invest CNY1.08 billion to build a large-scale tourist center in western Beijing, covering an area of 348 mu.
TripAdvisor Buys China's Kuxun.cn
Travel review website TripAdvisor has announced that it is buying Kuxun.cn, a Chinese flight and hotel search engine, as it taps into a burgeoning tourism market buoyed by China's resilient economy.
Guilin Signs Tourism Cooperation Agreement With Leshan
Two famous Chinese tourist cities, Guilin in Guangxi and Leshan in Sichuan, have inked a tourism cooperation agreement that aims to offer more convenience to tourism enterprises and tourists.
Shanghai Promotes Expo Tourism In Taiwan
Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administration has signed a strategic partnership agreement in Taipei with Taiwan's EVA Air to promote the 2010 World Expo and tourism in the Yangtze River Delta.
Coastal Cities In Liaoning Form Tourism Consortium
The six coastal cities from Liaoning province — Huludao, Jinzhou, Panjin, Yingkou, Dalian, and Dandong — have signed the Dandong Declaration to announce the establishment of the Six Coastal Cities Tourism Consortium.
China And U.S. Sign Tourism Cooperation Protocol
Shao Qiwei, the director of the Chinese National Tourism Administration, and Roger Dow, the president of the U.S. Travel Association, signed a Sino-U.S. Tourism Cooperation Protocol at the Third China-US State Tourism Directors Summit held in Orlando, Florida.
China And Malaysia Launch Cooperation In Tourism
Tourism units from China and Malaysia have signed an agreement for a tourism cooperation project in Beijing.