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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.
Chinese visa applications have witnessed a strong rebound this year, driven by pent-up travel demand after the reopening of international borders and removal of quarantine requirements early this year.
From January to April this year, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region received 51.2 million tourists, an increase of 29.6 percent year-on-year, with the region's total tourism revenue rising 60.6 percent to hit 42.64 billion yuan ($5.45 billion).
The canyon, also known as Keziliya Grand Canyon, stretching approximately 5.5 kilometers from east to west this canyon, boasts magnificent reddish-brown rock formations.
Allowing travel agencies to resume organizing group tours for Taiwan residents who want to visit the Chinese mainland will help expand cross-Strait exchanges and ease tensions, an expert on Taiwan affairs said.
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