4 entrepreneurs from Sichuan sign up for space trip in 2015  

四川“太空游”四富豪低调亮相 平均年龄40岁

2014年4月29日，四川省成都市，当日，我国西南地区通过代理商报名参加“太空之旅”旅游项目的四位人士在成都进行签约。如果进展顺利，明年年底，他们将从美国乘坐微型航空飞机到距离地球103公里的太空，去体验5-6分钟的太空游，并从太空遥望1/3地球，总费用72万元。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Four rich people from Chengdu, Sichuan province, including one woman, signed up Tuesday for a space trip next year.

If everything goes well, they will travel to space on the rocket-powered Lynx plane, and take in a breathtaking view of Earth.

The tour service is offered by the Dutch Space Expedition Corp (SXC), which is cooperating with a local tourism company.

However, it is not an adventure for the average person, as the five-or-six-minute stay in space cost 720,000 yuan ($120,000). The whole trip lasts about an hour.

Altogether 100 people in the world will tour space in 2015, and China has been allocated more than 10 spots. The southeast region where Sichuan is situated has taken six posts, said Guo Hui, president of the local tourism company.

The four adventurers are around 40 years old. All of them run successful enterprises.

Luo Jian, the only woman, told the West China City Daily that she had no hesitation. "The happiness of fulfilling a space dream goes far beyond buying cars or houses."

Teng Jun, CEO of a real estate company, said he enjoys challenging sports and is learning to fly a helicopter.

High-end tourism like the space trip is targeting the rising number of wealthy Chinese, according to a report from the China Tourism Academy.