Tag: #Tourism

Turning to Japan and India futile for Australian tourism in crisis

Left Review Online July 19, 2021

Turning to Japan and India futile for Australian tourism in crisis

Amid Canberra's reckless diplomatic strategy and deteriorating ties with its largest trading partner, its tourism has emerged as a new sector unable to avoid the fallout with declining tourists from China even after the pandemic ends. Industrial practitioners are reportedly planning to turn to Japan and India for...More

Travel search volumes surge 500% as Chinese group tours resume

Left Review Online July 20, 2020

Travel search volumes surge 500% as Chinese group tours resume

Search volumes for group tours and self-guided travel skyrocketed by 500 percent after China announced Tuesday to resume group tours across the country, while overseas tours remain suspended, data from travel agency Trip.com showed. China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued a circular on Tuesday resuming group tours...More

World Cultural Heritage site Yungang Grottoes shines after visit from Chinese President Xi Jinping

Chen Xi May 20, 2020

World Cultural Heritage site Yungang Grottoes shines after visit from Chinese President Xi Jinping

The Yungang Grottoes, the more than 1,500-year-old UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, continued to shine amid the COVID-19 pandemic following a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday. Located in Datong, North China's Shanxi Province, the Yungang Grottoes were built along a section of the ancient Silk Road...More

Sinophobia to dent US tourism by 10% in Q1

Ma Jingjing and Li Xuanmin March 01, 2020

Sinophobia to dent US tourism by 10% in Q1

A wave of discrimination against Chinese in the US will eventually cut 10 percent of the country's tourism revenue in the first quarter, while rocking US foundations in all possible spheres, experts said Monday. The comment came as China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued an advisory the...More

China-Nepal economic relations enter fruitful year

Huang Ge & Li Xuanmin January 11, 2020

China-Nepal economic relations enter fruitful year

The year 2020 will be the "early harvest year" for China and Nepal to implement their leaders' consensus, with economic and trade ties further developing through more cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi told the Global Times. Hou noted that...More

Chinese visitors to Nepal to embrace peak in 2020: Ambassador Yanqi

Huang Ge & Chu Daye January 03, 2020

Chinese visitors to Nepal to embrace peak in 2020: Ambassador Yanqi

Beijing. The year 2020 will see a peak of Chinese tourists visiting Nepal as both countries will further advance economic and trade ties in the new year through more cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi told the Global Times on...More