Tourists visit the Wangcun Waterfall in the Furong Town scenic spot in Xiangxi Tu and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province, July 10, 2012. The prefecture received 8.5089 million tourists in the first half of this year, a soar of 24.96 percent year on year. The toursim revenues in this period stood at 4.596 billion yuan (71.9 million US dollars), up 24.05 percent over the same period of last year. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)Tourists enjoy scenery of the ancient town of Fenghuang in Fenghuang County of Xiangxi Tu and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province, July 11, 2012. The prefecture received 8.5089 million tourists in the first half of this year, a soar of 24.96 percent year on year. The toursim revenues in this period stood at 4.596 billion yuan (71.9 million US dollars), up 24.05 percent over the same period of last year. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)Tourists take photos in the Furong Town scenic spot in Xiangxi Tu and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province, July 10, 2012. The prefecture received 8.5089 million tourists in the first half of this year, a soar of 24.96 percent year on year. The toursim revenues in this period stood at 4.596 billion yuan (71.9 million US dollars), up 24.05 percent over the same period of last year. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)Tourists visit an ancient gate tower in the ancient town of Fenghuang in Fenghuang County of Xiangxi Tu and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province, July 12, 2012. The prefecture received 8.5089 million tourists in the first half of this year, a soar of 24.96 percent year on year. The toursim revenues in this period stood at 4.596 billion yuan (71.9 million US dollars), up 24.05 percent over the same period of last year. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)Tourists visit the ancient town of Fenghuang in Fenghuang County of Xiangxi Tu and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province, July 12, 2012. The prefecture received 8.5089 million tourists in the first half of this year, a soar of 24.96 percent year on year. The toursim revenues in this period stood at 4.596 billion yuan (71.9 million US dollars), up 24.05 percent over the same period of last year. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)Source: Xinhua

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Air-conditioned train（K9068/K9069）from Zhaoqing to Zhangjiajie opens from 10th July on.The news reported from Sanmao railway yesterday. In detail ,for providing a brandnew travelling environment for tourists ,Sanmao railway transforms the non air-conditioned trains from Zhaoqing (Guangzhou province ) to ZJJ into air-conditioned ones. Meanwhile ,the ticket prices have been changed correspondly.A hard seat requests 186 RMB .The sleeper berths differ acoording to different berths, 348RMB is the lowest. Translated by Aileen

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Ten-mile Gallery: an excellent route favored by tourists. Baofeng Lake Scenic Area is a summer resort. Visitors enjoying at the Ecological Square in Yellow Dragon Cave. South Korean tourists flood to Zhangjiajie. Tourists visiting core scenic areas. Wulingyuan Scenic Area has maintained a steady growth in receiving tourists over the years. According to the latest statistics, issued on July 10, the picturesque locale received nearly 6.89 million tourists and obtained nearly 2.86 billion Yuan from tourism in the first half of this year, a year-on-year increase. Translator: Lv Xuefen Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On 10th July, the summer camp supported by the World Teaching Organization in Zhangjiajie Ethnic Middle School with the subject of My English Dream kicked off. Foreign teachers carried out teaching interactivity with campers in various forms.By report, this summer camp lasts from 10th  to 24th July,more than 10 international volunteers from the World Teaching Organization in order to inspire campers’ interst in english learning and improve their presentation skill of oral english , foreign teachers will hold lots of activities ,such as English Story Bar,debate competition , English kalaoke contest.Translated by Aileen

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Themed with "Tour of Hunan, China", the 2012 Chinese Culture Summer Camp of Confucius Institution of Kazan (Volga region) Federal University in Russia launched in Changsha on July 1.The summer camp is hosted by China National Office for Teaching Chinese as Foreign Language and Confucius Institution Headquarters and organized by Hunan Normal University. In the following two weeks, students will learn courses including Chinese language, martial arts and Chinese dancing. They will also visit the famous cultural spots in Hunan to enhance their understanding of Chinese culture.Zhou Junwu, Vice president of Hunan Normal University hoped in his speech that those students could make more efforts to study the profound Chinese Culture during their study in Hunan, and believed the flower of friendship between Russian and Chinese would always bloom and grow.Li Lanyi, Chinese director of Confucius Institution, Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, said that most of the students visited China for the first time and they will experience the unique charm of Chinese culture in various activities and be willing to act as the messengers of the Sino-Russia culture exchange. Translator: Zhan PingSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Summer holiday has already kicked off. For students, a pleasant and romantic travel in this summer is the preferred choice to console youeself.Sourced from China Internet Information Center, Fenghuang , a most attractive and romantic city tops the popular list of the top 10 domestic tourist attractions for students in this summer.The top 10 domestic tourist attractions:Xi’an ,Fenghuang (Hunan Province),Gu lu Lake (Yunnan and Sichuan Province) Yangshuo(Guangxi Province),Da li(Yunnan Province ) West Lake(Zhejiang Province),San ya (Hainan Province ),Wuyuan(Jiangxi Province),Jiuzhaigou Valley (Sichuan Province) and Tibet.Sourced from Aileen

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SHENYANG, July 9 (Xinhua) --- Government authorities will create a blacklist of unscrupulous tourism companies and agencies in October as a part of efforts to regulate the tourism market and foster the creation of a credit system for the sector.The blacklist, which will be published by the National Tourism Administration (NTA) and General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, will expose tourism companies and agencies that have violated national laws and industry rules or cheated customers, NTAVice Director Du Jiang said Monday at a national conference.Du said the companies and agencies that are exposed will also be punished.The NTA has urged its local branches to enhance supervision and severely punish industry players that disrupt market order, according to Du. Source: Xinhua

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