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.

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.

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.