China Travel News

The opening ceremony of the 22nd Qingdao International Beach Festival was held on Oct 12 at Qingdao No 1 Bathing Beach situated in Huiquan Bay.

Announced on Oct 8 in Shiyan city, Hubei province, Wudang Mountain Airport is expected to start at the end of this year and be put into operation in 2015.

On Oct 18, 2013, the 2013 China Jingdezhen International Ceramic Fair kicks off in Jingdezhen, East China's Jiangxi province. Over 800 exhibiters took part in the fair.

Announced in 17 Oct, Global tourist attraction giant Merlin Entertainments will bring Madame Tussauds to Beijing, scheduled to open in 2014.

On 13 Oct, the one-month Shanghai Happy Valley Hallowmas festival held its grand opening ceremony.

China and Thailand are willing to hold talks about bilateral visa exemptions for tourists. It will offer Chinese and Thai tourists more convenience.

Super Star Gemini started its first trip from Xiamen to Taiwan on Friday. The trip was taking 1,200 tourists from Xiamen to Penghu and Kaohsiung.

Wuqiao Acrobatic Festival, dubbed one of the top three global acrobatic festivals, will be held from Oct 26 to Nov 10 in Hebei province.

Greater efforts will be made to improve infrastructure and public services in order to foster local tourism industry of China.

China and Italy plan to shoot a documentary Dialogue between Xi'an and Rome, telling the history of cultural exchanges between the two ancient empires.