Five hutong home-stay locations opened for business in the Shichahai area of old Beijing yesterday. The five host families had already offered accommodation during the Olympic Games. Another 15 hutong home-stays will open later this year, according to the Xicheng district government, Beijing.[Read more]

The 33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) is to be held here from March 22 to April 13, the organizer announced Thursday. [Read more]

The construction of a 160-km high-speed rail link between Shanghai and Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, got under way yesterday, the Ministry of Railways said.[Read more]

Keke Xili, the mysterious and least inhabited area of Qinghai province in West China, has been formally opened to tourists, but for the protection of the unspoiled environment the number of tourists allowed to visit the region will be limited to 1,000 each year.[Read more]

Financial secretary of Hong Kong John Tsang Wednesday proposed a string of measures to boost the citys tourism, including attracting more Mainland tourists through Individual Visit Scheme.[Read more]

According to The Measures for the Administration of the Travel of Mainland Residents to the Taiwan Region and Regulations on the Management of Travel Agencies, 113 international travel service providers from 25 Chinese provinces have been designated as the second group of travel agencies to provide Taiwan travel services.[Read more]

Ming Xiao Tomb in east Chinas Nanjing, where the Ming dynasty emperor Zhu Yuanzhang is buried, is a world cultural heritage site. A new museum located at the gate of the Ming Xiao Tomb tourist site opened to the public on Wednesday.[Read more]

Xiamen Canxing International Travel Service, the first travel service provider to be established with investment from Taiwan, has been approved by the Chinese authorities.[Read more]

With the competition in the budget hotel industry becoming increasingly fierce, each budget hotel is busying seizing the market in central China.[Read more]

The city government of Nanjing, eastern Jiangsu province, has decided to give away 20 million-yuan-worth of tourism coupons to urban residents in an effort to spur local consumption.[Read more]