CNTA Unveils Domestic Travel Agency Revenues
The China National Tourism Administration has unveiled the annual renewal result of domestic travel agencies for 2007.
JTB Corporation Settles In Guangzhou
After approval by the Ministry of Commerce of China and the China National Tourism Administration, Japanese travel agency group JTB Corporation has formally settled in Guangzhou with its wholly-owned subsidiary JTB (Guangzhou) International Tours Company Limited being opened in Guangzhou.
Detailed Regulations For Chinese Mainland Tourist Groups To Taiwan
The Cross-Strait Tourism Association has issued guidelines for Chinese mainland citizens traveling to Taiwan, and the management measures for name lists of tour leaders and tourists on Chinese mainland organized Taiwan tour groups.
Taiwan Tours Approved For 33 Mainland Travel Agencies
The Cross-Strait Tourism Association has announced that the first batch of travel agencies in mainland China has been approved to organize Chinese mainland citizens travel to Taiwan.
Macau Signs Tourism Cooperation Agreement With Jiangmen
Macau has signed a tourism cooperation agreement with Jiangmen.
Chinese Mainland Tour Groups To Visit Taiwan From Next Month
Chen Yunlin, chairman of the Chinese Mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, and Chiang Pin-kun, chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation, signed agreements on cross-strait weekend charter flights and mainland tourists' traveling to Taiwan.
First Chinese Tour Group To America Leaves On June 17
China will send the first tour group with an Approved Destination Status tour visa to the United States on June 17, 2008.
CNTA Support For Recovery Of Tourism Industry In Earthquake Area
The China National Tourism Administration has announced that it will give extensive support to the Sichuan earthquake disaster area to revive their tourism industry.
The Chinese Hospitality Industry Responds To The Earthquake
Hotels donating part of their room revenue to relief funds; airlines re-assigning aircraft to flying relief workers to the disaster zone; hotel employees lining up to donate blood; these are just a few examples of how organizations and individuals in the hospitality and travel industry have responded to the earthquake disaster in Sichuan.
Fifteen Beijing Travel Agencies Have Licenses Revoked
The Beijing Tourism Bureau has unveiled the annual renewal results for travel agencies around the city and says that seventeen travel agencies have not passed the annual renewal review. Of these, fifteen have had their business licenses revoked.
Sharp Decrease In Beijing MICE Market Business Following Earthquake
According to BTG International Travel & Tours, CYTS and CITS, as a result of the Sichuan Earthquake, Beijing's MICE business has sharply decreased and is expected to become almost stagnant until the beginning of October 2008.