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China's outbound tourism market has recovered with outbound destinations receiving 40.37 million trips from the Chinese mainland in the first half of this year, according to China Tourism Academy's official WeChat account.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has urged attractions to optimize their reservation systems and local tourism bureaus to investigate scalpers to secure a safer market during the summer tourism peak.
China has decided to resume from Wednesday its 15-day visa-free entry policy for business, tourism, sightseeing, visiting relatives and friends and transit for citizens of the two countries who hold ordinary passports.
Covering an area of 3469 square kilometers, Nianbaoyuze Mountain is renowned for various plants, rarely seen wild animals and gigantic glacier.
Travelers to the Maldives should take precautions when taking part in activities involving water, the local Chinese embassy said in a warning to its citizens issued on Thursday, adding there have been at least three deaths there in recent months.
Beijing Daxing International Airport plans to open and resume 15 international routes during the summer to meet passengers' needs.
Unauthorized commentary services will be banned at the National Museum of China, and all tour guides wishing to offer this service must apply in advance, the museum said in a notice issued on Sunday.
China's tourism market is heating up in step with scorching temperatures this summer.
Tourism Australia recently launched its newest campaign, Come and Say G'day, inviting more Chinese to plan and book an Australian holiday, amid a robust recovery in outbound Chinese travelers to Australia this year.
Lotus flowers bloom at Lianhuachi Park as Minor Heat, a season for lotus flowers and the 11th solar term of the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, is approaching in Beijing, July 4, 2023.
Soaring summer temperatures are fueling Chinese consumers' enthusiasm for travel, and the scorching travel market this summer is expected to comprehensively surpass levels seen in 2019 before the COVID-19 outbreak.
A renowned scenic area in Yunnan province on June 26 promised rectification after it sparked public annoyance by building walls along highways to block views of the site.
China's outbound and inbound travel market is booming as the summer travel peak approaches, with online data showing that the country's visa applications for travel overseas is expected to exceed the same period in 2019.
A grass-roots football league participated by farmers and other locals in Rongjiang county, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, has become a phenomenal event bringing over 1.2 billion yuan ($165 million) in revenue to the small county since it was established two months ago.
An expected surge in young visitors may usher in the best year for tourism in Sanya, a prominent resort city in Hainan province, said Albert Yip, director-general of the Sanya Tourism Promotion Board.
A China Southern Airlines flight flew from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, in the capital city of central China's Hubei Province, to Dubai on Thursday, marking the resumption of the passenger air route linking the two cities.
The first Japanese tour group to Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region after China's relaxation of COVID-19 travel restrictions completed their visit and flew back to Japan on Tuesday.
A renowned scenic area in Yunnan province promised to rectify its behavior on Monday after sparking public annoyance by building walls along highways to block public viewing.
A total of 70.38 million rail passenger trips were recorded over the five-day period, which ended on China's railway network handled more than 70 million passenger trips during the just-ended Dragon Boat Festival holiday, an increase of 11.3 percent compared with that in 2019.
During the Dragon Boat Festival in 2023, border inspection authorities across the country processed 3.963 million people entering and leaving the country, an average of 1.321 million people per day.
Tourist trips expect to hit 100 million during this year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday, breaking through the figure of the same period in 2019, the CCTV reported on Wednesday.
Flight and rail bookings have surged ahead of the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival holiday, according to online travel agencies.
The first group of tourists from Osaka, Japan, since China relaxed travel restrictions earlier this year, arrived in Urumqi of Northwest China's Xinjiang region on Monday night.
The highly anticipated reopening of the scenic Duku Highway in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Sunday sparked a surge in tourism during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Sunshine casts into the Ganquan Grand Canyon, creating mysterious beauty in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. The canyon on the loess plateau, formed by erosion from flash flooding, features amazing "flowing" shapes in towering rock.
The Palace Museum, one of Beijing's most visited cultural landmarks, issued a notice on Thursday specifying multiple new visiting rules including a ban on "interviews" and "commercial photography."
Short trips such as suburb areas or destinations that are within two hours by high-speed train are the most popular option for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, The Paper reported.
The 23rd lotus flowers exhibition kicked off on Monday in Fuzhou, displaying more than 200 varieties of lotus flowers.
The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is investigating several cases of travelers' rights being infringed upon during irrationally low-priced group tours or through forced shopping requirements.
Plane ticket prices dive sharply for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, with the prices expected to be 20 percent lower than the May Day holiday, Shanghai Observer reported on Sunday.
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