Approved by the Hunan Provincial Tourism Bureau, In mid-September,The second of Hunan Tourism Commodity Fair will be held  in Wulingyuan Xibu Street.This Fair is co-sponsored by Hunan Tourism Bureau and Zhangjiajie People's Government, will highlight a variety of Hunan Tourism Commodity.

News 2011-06-04 01:27 View：1453

The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and the Zigui County, hometown of Qu Yuan (a minister during the Warring States Period), is engrossed in a celebrating atmosphere. The locals bathe kids with artemisia and serve the aged with a feet spa, promoting Chinese traditional virtues of respecting the aged and caring for the children. Meanwhile, pouches (Xiang Bao in Chinese) are made and decorated to ward off evil as a Dragon Boat Festival traditional gift.Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Tourism Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Hunan Provincial Tourism Bureau convened a symposium on aiding Xinjiang's tourism development on the afternoon of June 1st in Changsha. At the meeting, a strategic cooperation agreement was concluded between the two sides. In addition, Hunan Huatian International Travel Service Co., Ltd. and Xinjiang International Travel Agency signed agreements on special trains and chartered airplanes for tourism. Hunan is one of the 19 provinces and municipalities aiding Xinjiang across the country to provide pairing assistance to Turpan of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. At the meeting, tourism workers from both sides made explorations on the enhancement of tourism cooperation and communication, the optimization of cooperative environment and the expansion of cooperation potential. In order to arouse tourism companies’ enthusiasm, Xinjiang Tourism Bureau vowed to award any tourism company that sends groups directly to Xinjiang by chartered airplane or by special train for tourism or organizes national conferences in Xingjiang.Translator: Xie JingjingSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Tourism Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Hunan Provincial Tourism Bureau convened a symposium on aiding Xinjiang's tourism development on the afternoon of June 1st in Changsha. At the meeting, a strategic cooperation agreement was concluded between the two sides. In addition, Hunan Huatian International Travel Service Co., Ltd. and Xinjiang International Travel Agency signed agreements on special trains and chartered airplanes for tourism. Hunan is one of the 19 provinces and municipalities aiding Xinjiang across the country to provide pairing assistance to Turpan of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. At the meeting, tourism workers from both sides made explorations on the enhancement of tourism cooperation and communication, the optimization of cooperative environment and the expansion of cooperation potential. In order to arouse tourism companies’ enthusiasm, Xinjiang Tourism Bureau vowed to award any tourism company that sends groups directly to Xinjiang by chartered airplane or by special train for tourism or organizes national conferences in Xingjiang.Translator: Xie JingjingSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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May 24 current statistics, following the Korean market,In 2011, Zhangjiajie, Thailand has become the second largest tourist source of the importing country, Wulingyuan Scenic Area has received more than 1.1 million tourists in Thailand, up 180% last year.Thailand's tourist market is very good this year, the next step will actively negotiate with the relevant departments of Thailand, opened non-stop flights to Zhangjiajie.Government departments will organize tourism enterprises, travel agencies, traveled to Thailand to exchange activities,Strive to host more than 2.5 million visitors in Thailand this year.

News 2011-06-01 01:35 View：1568

Incomplete statistics released by Wulingyuan District Tourism Bureau show that, since Jan.1 this year, Wulingyuan Scenic Area has already received almost 110,000 tourists, a threefold increase over the same period of last year.In recent years, with the ongoing growth of tourism industry in Hunan, rational development of tourism resources and growing influence of international brands, more and more Hunan citizens choose to travel within the province. As a world natural heritage site, Wulingyuan in Zhangjiajie plays a leading role in "travel within Hunan". Over the years, the traffic environment in Zhangjiajie has been greatly improved. In addition, in response to the increasing self-drive tour, Wulingyuan has taken painstaking efforts to improve parking facilities in urban area and the scenic area, greatly facilitating tourists' parking.It is also informed that besides the Hunan tourists, there is a substantial increase in travelers from Guangdong Province. In terms of tourists' number, Guangdong ranks the second with 84,000 visitors, followed by Beijing with 48,000.Translator: Zhang MinsiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2011-05-30 01:33 View：1341

To celebrate the upcoming Children's Day, the 2nd Singapore International Chinese Arts Festival Awards Presentation Ceremony for Hunan Region themed with "Following Communist Party of China and Growing up Happily" was held in Changsha on the morning of May 28. More than 300 children joined in the gala and enthusiastically showed their talent. The activity has been jointly hosted by the Hunan Provincial Women and Children Activity Center and the Organizing Committee of the 2nd Singapore International Chinese Arts Festival. It aims to establish a platform for the happy growth of children and arouse people's concern of the development of the work related to children. It is said that the International Chinese Arts Festival provides a favorable opportunity for Chinese artists and young music lovers around the world to exchange their ideas and learn from each other. Nine contestants chosen from Hunan province have achieved outstanding results with 4 golds, 2 silvers and 3 bronzes in the Youth Piano Competition of the 2nd Singapore International Chinese Art Festival.Translator: Xie LingliSource: Hunan Official Web Portal 

News 2011-05-29 01:32 View：1858

Organized by the Changsha Municipal People's Government and sponsored by the Changsha Municipal Tourism Bureau, the 5th Changsha Eco-Cultural Tourism Festival unveiled the curtain at Qianlonghu Ecological Holiday Villa on May 28. May 28 is designated as "Changsha Rural Tourism Day" henceforth. Travelling and entertaining in cities while eating and leisuring in the countryside, the urban residents could feast themselves with equally good services at rural happy farmhouses and get closer with nature. This is also the first rural tourism day nationwide. Data from the tourism bureau showed that the tourists received in Changsha rural tourism market last year amounted to 21.985 million, making an income of 3.58 billion yuan. The rural tourism booms at festivals and holidays with the tourist reception at all farmhouses seeing a new high.Translator: Zhou QiongSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2011-05-28 01:29 View：1428