Chinese ice cream truck visits NYC
An unusual sight late last month, this Chinese ice cream truck was parked in New York's Flatiron district, giving out samples of Chinese-style ice cream as part of a tourism promotion for Hangzhou Province.
An unusual sight late last month, this Chinese ice cream truck was parked in New York's Flatiron district, giving out samples of Chinese-style ice cream as part of a tourism promotion for Hangzhou Province.
Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport is putting a new emphasis on international; it will double its international gates to 14, and make one of them capable of handling the huge A380.
Zhou Zhuang is a well preserved little water town, typical of Southern China, along the Yangtze river. Ancient stone bridges and water lanes connect houses along the web-like waterways and canals.
As China's domestic tourism market grows, there's a welter of travel agencies competing for the business, but surveys indicate that most travelers are looking for independent travel, and in particular they are not happy with packages.
During my recent trip to China, a friend took me to a scenic little town called YanGuan. The town owes its fame to being the best spot to watch Qiantang’s Tidal Bore.
The United States was at the top of the list of "most satisfying" foreign destinations for Chinese tourists in the second quarter. Travel satisfaction for the United States was 80.99 out of a possible 100 points.
The government of Huichuan district plans to invest 2 billion RMB to upgrade Guizhou's first World Heritage site, Hailongtun Castle. It is to be a 5A tourist destination, the highest rating given by the China National Tourism administration
The good news: The Great Barrier Reef is no longer one of the most endangered World Heritage sites. The bad news: a number of World Heritage sites in the Middle East have been damaged or destroyed either by ISIS or general war damage.
Peak travel season is on, and as many as a third of the vacationers are headed for rural areas. Rural tourism is a hot trend in China now, accounting for a third of all holidays.
Hello Kitty has friends all over the world, and she's extremely popular in China. Which explains why Kitty-creator Sanrio of Japan went in on a theme park in China, partnered with a California entertainment design firm.
The Great Wall, built in the Ming Dynasty and one of China's greatest tourist attractions, is a mere remnant of itself, according to a Beijing Times report. The newspaper says that nearly a third of the wall has completely disappeared...
Sometimes it's hard for a place or a company to shake an image, and sometimes the best strategy is to just embrace it. That's what China's Sichuan province has done in its new logo for international tourism.
China has announced a new bi-annual air show, with the first event to be held in Deyang, in Sichuan Province, in 2017. China is the fastest-growing market for airliners and is also an important manufacturing center for aviation equipment and parts.
Shanghai wants the world to know it's not taking second place to anyone in the Leaning Tower business, and they have numbers to make their case. Alright, they admit, the Shanghai tower, at right above, is only about 20 meters high compared with...
Last week I was listening to an episode of one of my favorite radio shows - "This American Life" It was an episode about foreigners in China. several of the Americans who now live in China spoke about how being a European in Beijing no longer draws the attention that it used to.