On the awarding ceremony for the newly upgraded AAAAA Scenic Areas held by the National Tourism Administration in January in Beijing, 19 tourist attractions were upgraded to the 5A-level Scenic Areas.
China's tourism authorities announced on Tuesday that tourism boomed in the country during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday with over 70 percent of trips made within the Chinese mainland.
After seven years of surveying, members of staff at the Forbidden City in Beijing have finally completed an inventory of the many treasures housed at the former Qing Dynasty (1644 -1911) palace.
High-speed trains started running between Chengdu and Beijing, Chengdu and Shanghai, Chongqing and Beijing and Chongqing and Shanghai on the eleventh this month, making significant reduction in the journey time between the cities.
China will open its high-speed rail link between Beijing and Shanghai in June, cutting the journey between the two cities in half to less than five hours.
China's Central Government will invest 600 million yuan to restore and protect the Imperial Summer Resort, one of China's best-known imperial resorts, in Chengde City in north China's Hebei Province, a government spokesman said Tuesday.
Overseas visitors can now claim tax refunds on purchases in Hainan, south China's island province, as the rebate plan went into effect 1st, January, 2011.
According to Anhui Civil Aviation Airport Group, Huangshan Airport will open Huangshan - Hong Kong charter flights on February 3rd (Chinese Lunar New Year's Day) and February 7th (the fifth day of the first lunar month) in 2011.
The 27th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival is to be officially opened on January 5, 2011 in the capital city of Heilongjiang Province and will last to February 28, 2011, Harbin Tourism Administration says.
