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Pirates and terror top Indo-EU agenda
Piracy and terrorism topped the agenda of the European Union’s chief diplomat, Catherine Ashton, on her four day visit to India. Ashton said the EU has proposed that India consider working closer with the 10-nation Atalanta flotilla or the NATO fleet fighting pirates off Somalia. “These have rotating command structures at different levels,” she said and said India could consider being part of such a system.
Scores feared dead in China flooding
As many as 199 people are now feared to have died in flooding which has swept southern China over the past ten days. Some 29 million residents in ten provinces have been hit by the flooding, with as many as three million displaced from their homes.
Top 5 best tourist cities in China
With professional guide, drink in the cosmopolitan cities, winding waterways, and villages boasting traditions from long ago.
Australia seeks boost in Chinese tourism
Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has outlined plans to invest some $30 million in selling Australia as a tourism destination to Chinese travellers. The move is part of a $10 billion trade agreement between the two states and follows a visit by Chinese vice-president Xi Jinpeng to Australia over the weekend.
The China Guide leads China tourism trends with its No Shopping Tours
China tourism is rooted strongly in the belief that travelers should be taken to tourist factory shops where they will drop lots of cash on overpriced goods, providing commissions to guides and travel agents.
Japan relaxes Chinese visa restrictions
Japan has relaxed financial criteria for Chinese travellers seeking individual visas to enter the country. In an effort to boost visitor numbers, the Japan Tourism Authority has also increased the number of Chinese locations at which applications can be made.
China opens first Taiwan tourist office
In a landmark development signalling improved relations between the two former rivals, China will today open its first semi-official tourist office in Taiwan. The move is reciprocal, following the opening of a Chinese Cross-Strait Tourism Exchange Association office in Taipei earlier this week.
China lifts HIV travel restrictions
Authorities in China have rescinded a travel ban on carriers of the HIV virus ahead of Expo 2010. The communist-state was one of approximately 50 countires around the world which maintained such a policy, with the World Health Organisation welcoming the decision as a “significant step in the right direction”.
New publication on China’s Outbound Tourism Development
Secretary-General of UNWTO United Nations World Tourism Organization and other experts inform about the fastest growing tourism source market.
China Hotel Development and Financing Conference 2010 Opens
The 6th annual China Hotel Development and Financing Conference 2010 Opened in Beijing today, with over 500 delegates packing into the Crowne Plaza Sun Palace to hear the very latest news from the industry.
Global slowdown hits Chinese hotels
Rapid growth in the Chinese hotel sector was reversed during 2009, with the economic downturn largely to blame. Data from STR Global find the revenue per available room (RevPAR) achieved by Chinese hotels fell by 26.2 percent during 2009 when compared with a year ago – underlining their poor performance.
The legend of Beijing
The luxury Legendale Hotel Beijing boasts all the hallmarks of a landmark hotel - an incredible sense of style, a prime position in the heart of the Chinese capital, and great food. BTN finds out more.