CHANGSHA, May 4 (Xinhua) -- China Southern Airlines will launch the first direct air route between Germany and central China's Hunan Province, the company announced on Sunday.The route, which will link Frankfurt, Hunan's provincial capital Changsha and the southern metropolis of Guangzhou, will begin operation on June 23 with three round-trip flights a week, the airline said in a statement.Using Airbus A330-200 planes, outbound flights will leave every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and take off at 9:30 p.m. from Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province. The plane will arrive in Changsha at 10:45 p.m., and head for Frankfurt 70 minutes later, according to the statement.The opening of the route will help Hunan travellers save between five and eight hours in transfer time and cut their costs by 1,000 to 3,000 yuan (160 to 479 U.S. dollars). Currently passengers in the province traveling to Europe have to take connecting flights via Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing.A transfer hall will be set up at Changsha Huanghua International Airport's arrival lounge to speed up transit, the statement said.The airport will also allow 72-hour transit visa exemptions and facilitate visa applications for Germany.As the biggest airport in Germany and one of the largest in Europe, Frankfurt Airport is a major air hub for passengers and goods. Official statistics show that Frankfurt is the destination for nearly half of annual Germany-bound travellers from China.China Southern Airlines is China's largest airline by fleet size.Source: Yang Yi

News 2014-05-05 11:07 View：766

On April 29th, Zhangjiajie national forest park ticket management station was awarded the 2014 national pioneer group.The station is located in the entrance of Zhangjiajie national forest park. It is one of the main window for the domestic and overseas tourists to visit the World Natural Heritage Wulingyuan.In 2013, It launched a smiling recount channel, All-weather standardized service with a smile. At the same time, The service staff also carryed out standardized services, Considerate service and sincere service. All of these were well received by domestic and overseas tourists. It set up a good image of Wulingyuan.Translated by Sophia

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On the first day of Small Vacation, Zhangjiajie national forest park has a small tourism peak. According to incomplete statistics, Nearly ten thousands of tourists enjoy fresh travel in Zhangjaijie.Tourists are intoxicated with the landscape. The big oxygen bar makes visitors enjoy mountain scenery. In addition, in order to let visitors travel more convenient and quick understanding of information, in Huangshi village scenic area, people set up wisdom park equipment. Visitors through touching screen, know the location of the scenic area of the map, The current address and experience the fun of wisdom travel.Translated by Sophia

News 2014-05-03 12:37 View：870

After 20 days, On April 28th, Zhangjiajie international hotel officially reopened. The focus of Zhangjiajie hotel industry brands has reopened her new journey.Since reshipment in last march, in accordance with the “Beautiful environment, fully functional, comfortable living ecological garden resort hotel” strategic positioning, The hotel has gigantic endowment, according to the standard of five-star hotel aggressively implementing quality upgrade project. After a year of great transformation, It reflects the concept of “People-oriented, blend in nature”, letting people live in the beautiful garden.Translated by Sophia

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Drawing upon a novel by Shen Congwen, "Border Town", a scene play "Fenghuang Town in Misty Rain", which is the first of its kind in China, has attracted 30 thousand tourists since its debut on March 30, and was well received. Modern technology has set the scene for the show, bringing to life the moving Border Town story. The show managed to present a vivid yet mysterious western Hunan to the audience by integrating the profound western Hunan culture, following the life of heroine Cui Cui, and creating special stage effects via sound, electricity, light, and water. With large investment of 130 million yuan, a splendid story, a magnificent stage, great sound effects, and a top ranking production team, the show has gotten a strong word-of-mouth buzz in just a month, drawing in much more tourists than the other four performances staged in Fenghuang Town.Performance of "Fenghuang Town in Misty Rain"Translator: Liu FenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2014-05-03 11:49 View：1447

On May 1st, Learned from the world natural heritage sites Huanglong cave scenic spot, During the small holiday (From May 1st to 3rd), The grand folk culture show “ZJJ Misty Rain” will have a free reception to the national model workers at all levels.This welfare aims to send a model high respects and festive greetings, Forming good atmosphere of respecting and learning from model, continuously carrying forward the spirit.Translated by Sophia

News 2014-05-02 12:37 View：891

On the first day of Labor Day, Many people come to Wulingyuan Suoxiyu tickets station. The highway free passage and sunny weather improve the people to travel.Wulingyuan Suoxiyu tickets station makes careful deployment of tour reception work, providing humanity, affection, and meticulous service to tourists. It does not appear congestion and tourists stranded phenomenon.Translated by Sophia

News 2014-05-02 12:35 View：970

The headquarter of Changsha Fiery Palace launched a cultural temple fair focusing on showing intangible cultural heritages during May Day Holiday. Citizens can experience the great charm of intangible cultural heritages at the temple fair, including palm weaving, sugar painting and dough figurine by Hunan folk artists, while appreciating the uniqueness of Changsha’s oldest temple fair and enjoying Hunan’s traditional snacks. In addition, Hunan Colorful Nationalities Orchestra also staged a wonderful artistic performance at the fair.During the three-day holiday, citizens can enjoy the temple fair free of charge from 11:30 to 13:00 in the morning and from 17:30 to 19:00 in the afternoon.Headquarter of Changsha Fiery Palace launches a cultural temple fair to show intangible cultural heritages during May Day Holiday. Palm weaving attracts many young people’s attention at the temple fair.Citizens are experiencing the charm of intangible cultural heritages.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2014-05-02 11:46 View：817