China has recently optimized its train ticket purchasing and checking services for international travelers, the China State Railway Group Co said on Tuesday.
In the year to mid-October, the number of travelers aged over 55 making bookings on its platform was double that in the same period last year, when strict COVID-19 pandemic precautions were in place.
Malaysia's new visa-free policy for Chinese travelers is a positive response to China's announcement that it will grant unilateral, visa-free entry to travelers from six countries including Malaysia, tourism industry insiders said.
A railway linking the cities of Lijiang and Shangri-la, two well-known tourist destinations in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, opened to traffic on Sunday. As an important part of the Yunnan-Xizang Railway, the new line will slash travel times and drive economic development along the route.
A railway linking the picturesque cities of Lijiang and Shangri-La in Southwest China's Yunnan province officially opened to traffic on Sunday, connecting the province's Dechen prefecture to the country's high-speed railway network.
Three newborn tiger cubs made their debut on Sunday at Guangzhou Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province.
Tourists from the Chinese mainland and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions will be able to enjoy a front seat view of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge as the world's longest seacrossing will offer a trial run of tour groups in mid-December, the Zhuhai authority announced on Friday.
To further facilitate cross-border travel and China's high-quality development and high-standard opening up, China has decided to apply unilateral visa-free policy to six more countries on a trial basis, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning announced at a news briefing on Friday. The six countries are France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia.
Whooper swans, under China's second-class state protection, swim in a lake surrounded by a desert, transforming it to a "Swan Lake" scene in Ulan county, Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province.
Chinese tourists can potentially boost Fiji's tourism as their numbers are expected to surge in the years to come, said Tourism Fiji, the tourism marketing arm of the Fijian government.
Pakistan's SereneAir has officially inaugurated the Karachi-Islamabad-Beijing Daxing international route, according to the airline on Sunday.
As inbound trips gradually recover, Zhangjiajie, a world-famous scenic spot in central China's Hunan Province, has once again become a popular tourist destination for South Korean tourists. According to statistics, from January to August 2023, one-third of the 289,700 inbound tourists received by Zhangjiajie came from South Korea.
The eighty theme parks received a total of 75.74 million visits last year in the Chinese mainland with the revenue totaling 15.36 billion yuan ($2.13 billion), an increase of 15.29 percent from a year earlier, the news portal The Paper reported on Sunday.
The "Blue Dream Star" cruise liner, sailing under the flag of Liberia, embarked on its voyage on Sunday from the international cruise terminal at Pingtan Port, east China's Fujian Province, heading to Subic in the Philippines.
The Y421 special tourism train departed Fengtai Station in Beijing for Vientiane at 2:02 a.m. on Monday, marking the commencement of the first cross-border tourism special train from Beijing to Laos.
On Dec 3, the local unit of Viking Cruises will make its first eight-day voyage departing from Shenzhen with stopovers in Halong Bay and Da Nang of Vietnam and Hong Kong before sailing back to Shenzhen.
Cities including Zhangjiakou and Baoding in Hebei province, Harbin in Heilongjiang and Jinzhong in Shanxi province are so far the top choices for its customers seeking to go skiing, according to Trip.com.
The Chinese outbound travel market started recovering. Notably, industry experts observed significant shifts in the preferences and habits of Chinese travelers, compared to the pre-pandemic era.
Stunning shades of yellow and orange adorn trees with snow-capped mountains, creating a fairyland scenery at Majiagou valley, Xiaojin County, Aba Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Golden reed flowers swing in the wind, adding colors to Bosten Lake, China's largest inland freshwater lake, in Bohu County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Tourists between China and Kazakhstan will enjoy visa-free treatment from next week, according to the official WeChat account of China Consular Affairs on Thursday, which is expected to boost tourism and trade exchange between the two countries.
Countries in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar, are working to strengthen their partnership with China in the tourism sector, which holds significant potential for growth between the two regions.
Visa appointment service has seen improvement at Chinese embassies and consulates and China will continue to improve related policies, said a Foreign Ministry spokesperson at a press conference on Monday.
The world's first Zootopia-themed land, a park built upon the animated film Zootopia made by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is set to open in Shanghai on Dec 20, Shanghai Disney Resort announced on Tuesday.
Thailand is keen in promoting high quality tourism for incoming Chinese travellers with a new agreement with Chinese businesses.
Intoxicating landscape at Shennongjia National Park as fall colors travel down the mountainsides from the highest elevations to the foothills in central China's Hubei Province.
Travel agencies in China have stopped offering tours to Israel due to the escalating Israel-Palestine conflict, requesting that travelers think carefully before booking any trips to destinations considered risky.
Ebinur Lake is in the largest salt lake in Xinjiang and home to a variety of endangered species. It was listed as a national nature reserve in 2007.
A total of 195 million trips were made through China's railways from Sep 27 to Oct 8 during the travel peak of the eight-day Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, with an average of 16.25 million trips per day.
A vast expanse of a red plant, known as seepweed, turns the wetland rosy red as autumn arrived at Juyanhai Lake in Ejin Banner of Alxa League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.