2017/03/17
The ubiquitous selfie stick is something that the ever-growing horde of selfie-takers, probably, can't do without. Budding entrepreneur and "internet celebrity" Kenneth Choi has even gone the extra mile, having spawned a potential market to the tune of tens of millions of yuan out of the teeny-weeny...
2016/09/24
China's Wanda Group opened its second cultural tourism complex in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province, on Saturday.The Hefei Wanda Cultural Tourism City has seen a total investment of 24 billion yuan ($3.6 billion) for phase one.Billionaire Wan Jianlin, chairman of Wanda, declared at the o...
2016/06/22
The Romantic Show of Songcheng, featuring Song Dynasty (960-1279) imperial dances at Songcheng's theme park in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. [Photo provided to China Daily]The realities of China's theme parks may soon undergo a virtual transformation-in every sense.Indeed, virtual reality's prolifera...
2016/05/27
On June 16, the gates are due to open to what is arguably China's most anticipated park, the Shanghai Disney Resort, the US entertainment giant's first venture on the mainland.According to the Chinese Tourism Academy, total domestic tourism revenue last year soared to 4 trillion yuan ($610 billion; ...
2016/05/19
Updated: 2016-05-19 08:47:02 The First World Conference on Tourism for Development, which holds its opening ceremony in Beijing on Thursday, allows us to jointly shape the future of the world. Though China's tourism industry is behind in its development compared to other countries, the nation ha...