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Macao's average Tourist Price Index (TPI) for the whole year of 2019 went down by 0.37 percent year-on-year to 133.85, the special administrative region's (SAR) statistics service said on Friday.
Europe's 22-nation European Space Agency, also known as the ESA, has announced a huge budget increase for its next five years of space exploration and discovery, and its director general has said the prospect of space as a tourist destination "will certainly come".
China Eastern Airlines announced here at a press conference on Thursday it had opened two new direct flights linking Chinese cities and Hungary's capital city Budapest at the end of last year.
The civil aviation market of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region saw robust growth in 2019, local authorities said Wednesday.
Hong Kong's full-year provisional visitor arrivals in 2019 amounted to 55.9 million and recorded a year-on-year decrease of 14.2 percent, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) announced on Wednesday.
Myanmar saw 910,000 tourists in the first six months of 2019, up 33.3 percent from the same period in 2018.
The Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region plans to attract 300 million visits from tourists this year in an effort to make tourism a pillar industry to support economic development, as the region has effectively curbed the spread of terrorism and religious extremism.
Tianbao, a land port in southwest China's Yunnan Province to Vietnam, cleared 841,000 people for entry and exit last year, official statistics showed.
Beijing authorities will limit disposable items in Party and government offices, catering businesses and hotels.
Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province received 220 million domestic and international tourists last year, up 19 percent from 2018, the provincial government said.
The Macao Special Administrative Region has witnessed strong growth in both the number of travelers and flights going there and the region in Southern China is closer in its aim to become a global leisure tourism center.
To celebrate the Year of the Rat, Shanghai Disney Resort said Thursday it would hold a series of special events from Jan. 13 to Feb. 9.
The new airport in Beijing will welcome its first travelling peak during the coming annual Spring Festival rush starting from Friday.
The Ministry of Public Security on Wednesday issued an early warning to raise awareness of road safety during the Spring Festival travel rush that begins Friday.
An ice sculpture is pictured at the Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 8, 2020.
Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2020 shows birds with wintersweet flowers in Meiyuan garden in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province.
Tourism in Finland's Lapland is expected to set a new record in 2019, and Chinese tourists have become the largest group among foreign visitors in Rovaniemi, the administrative capital and commercial center of Lapland.
China is expected to see booming ice and snow tourism as the country braces for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, said a report.
A fork-tailed sunbird eats the nectar of a flower at the West Lake Park in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, Jan. 3, 2020.
Eight tourist attractions with China's highest 5A rating have reached the state standards again following months of rectification, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The lovely blossoms of golden rapeseed oil plants are brightening the Wanfenglin scenic area in Xingyi, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, when most places in China remain in the grip of the cold winter, waiting for the coming of spring.
The Chinese mainland had 38,433 travel agencies at the end of September 2019, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Vietnam welcomed a record number of international arrivals in 2019, reaching over 18 million, up 16.2 percent against 2018, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism on Friday.
China's western areas have proven to be a magnet for visitors, as more train tours rumble into the vast inland in the new year.
China plans to build at least 4,000 kilometers of new railway lines this year, including 2,000 km of high-speed lines, the country's top rail operator said on Thursday.
A total 9,029,070 tourists visited the Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum in 2019, 5.23 percent higher than in 2018, it announced on Wednesday.
China's significant achievements last year and its pledge to unswervingly uphold world peace and promote common development have been highly appreciated by global experts.
Three new direct air routes were opened on Monday linking northwestern Chinese city of Xi'an and Istanbul, Budapest and Nursultan respectively, according to Xi'an Xianyang International Airport.
Citizens of China and Armenia can enjoy 90-day visa-free arrival in the other country starting from Jan 19 next year, according to the Chinese embassy in Armenia on Monday, Xinhua reported.
Tourists from China and India will be granted a 15-day visa-free travel to Malaysia from January 1 to December 31 next year in conjunction with Visit Malaysia Year 2020, according to the Malaysian government.
