A visitor watches a bullet train model at the Hunan booth at the Expo Central China 2012 in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 18, 2012. A series of commerce forums and trade conferences will be held during the 3-day expo, which kicked off here Friday.The Macao booth is seen at the Expo Central China 2012 in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 18, 2012. A series of commerce forums and trade conferences will be held during the 3-day expo, which kicked off here Friday. The Macao booth is seen at the Expo Central China 2012 in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 18, 2012. A series of commerce forums and trade conferences will be held during the 3-day expo, which kicked off here Friday. Visitors tour the Hunan booth at the Expo Central China 2012 in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, May 18, 2012. A series of commerce forums and trade conferences will be held during the 3-day expo, which kicked off here Friday. Source:xinhuanet

News 2012-05-18 22:44 View：2888

Wulingyuan Xibu Street opens to public on May 17. The Street spent heavily on a concentrative display of Xiangxi's intangible cultural heritages, inviting inheritors of dozens of intangible cultural heritages in the area to stage a show.Publicity Secretary of Zhangjiajie Yu Huaimin stated that the event is a successful model for integrating ethnic culture, tourism and entertainment, and also it is of great significance to carrying forward Xiangxi culture and speeding up the upgrading and transition of tourism resources in Zhangjiajie.On the evening of May 16, series of activities such as Gala Night for Thousand Nuomian (wood carving), Ginkgo Love, Gala Night for Songs and Dances were held. Dozens of primitive art performances of Xiangxi will be seen in the three-day event and amaze thousands of visitors from home and abroad.Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-05-17 22:35 View：4262

The nation's largest and most influential tourist event - the 2012 China Tourism Day - will open on May 19 in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province.Located in the northwest of Hunan, Zhangjiajie is China's first national forest park and also a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site and a world geopark.Top leaders from the National Tourism Administration and several other ministries as well as senior officials from the Hunan provincial government will be present at the event.Also kicking off on the same day will be the Tourism Investment Fair, a part of the seventh Central China Expo, which is to be held in several locales in Hunan from May 18 to 20.Government officials as well as experts and business representatives from tourism companies and financial institutions will be in attendance at the Tourism Investment Fair, where they can learn about the latest tourism projects in central China that require investment.Zhangjiajie's Sunny Hotel will host the two events.The Sunny Hotel, funded by an investment of 600 million yuan from Hunan Investment Holdings Ltd, is a five-star hotel that can offer services for both sightseeing and business tourists.Covering a land area of more than 6 hectares and a floor space of more than 800,000 square meters, it has comprehensive facilities for lodging, conference and exhibition.It has more than 500 luxurious rooms for guests, a 1,000-sq-m dining area, a 1,200-sq-m multi-purpose hall for both conferences and exhibitions and 18 smaller conference rooms.The hotel is close to the Zhangjiajie outlet of the Changsha-Zhangjiajie Expressway. It takes about 10 minutes to get there from the railway station and the airport, and it takes 30 minutes to drive to the Zhangjiajie World Geopark and World Natural Heritage site.Source: chinadaily

News 2012-05-17 22:29 View：1338

The Tourism Investment and Financing Fair, one of the theme activities of 2012 Central China Expo is scheduled to debut in Zhangjiajie on May 19, according to Yang Guangrong, head of the Hunan Provincial Tourism Bureau.Among  600 participants, majority are overseas entrepreneurs including representatives of world organizations in China, continental tourism groups, world prestigious tourism groups,  multinational groups, top 500 global companies and strategic investors.Also present at the fair would be leading domestic tourism investors, heads of key tourism enterprises from six central China provinces, representatives of National Tourism Administration, Ministry of Commerce, National Bureau of Statistics, China Development Bank and banks across Hunan Province. The event will focus on promoting 74 out of over 700 tourism financing projects.Hunan plans to present 75 projects worth 103 billion Yuan, of which 11 will be prioritized and 28 cooperation projects involving 34.1 billion Yuan still wait for partners.Translator: Guo YanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-05-16 22:27 View：1269

Every year has two special days that are only for parents , it is Mother's Day and Father's Day .Recently, Ctrip.com has made a survey about the top5 beloved places for parents ,especially seniors who in their 60s ,to go on their holiday.The result shows that the top5 domestic places are Sanya (Hainan Island) Beijing ,Guilin (Guangxi province )Xi'an(Shan xi province ) and Zhangjiajie(Western Hunan) in sequence .For outbound travel ,parents prefer Tai bei ,Bangkok ,London,Seoul and Tokyo.Zhangjiajie nowadays has been well prepared for the "May,19 Tourism Day ".More and more tourists from all over the world come to witness its superb scenery.Parents mostly are keen on paying a safe and satisfying visit in Zhangjiajie.Translated by Aileen

News 2012-05-15 00:42 View：1215

Recently, Zhangjiajie MICE TOUR (Meetings, Incentive,Conventions, Exhibitions) Seminar was held in Beijing, which jointly supported by Zhangjiajie ,Hunan Province and CEES (China Convention and Exhibition Society).On the seminar, Zhangjiajie Tourism Bureau announced the incentives policy about tourism promotion. The statistics shows that there are 47 star hotels in Zhangjiajie with a capacity of near 50,000 people one day ,and about 1000 tourism vehicles vary in types. Thereby, the reception and service mode of Zhangjiajie MICE was formed primarily. Translated by Aileen

News 2012-05-14 00:43 View：1398

A delegation led by Mei Kebao, deputy secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, and Xu Minghua, vice governor of Hunan Province, paid an investigation tour to Hubei Province from May 9 to 10 and attended a symposium on the development of the Hunan-Hubei Dongting Lake Ecological and Economic Zone. The delegation was received by Li Hongzhong, secretary of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee. Mr. Li said that it is the common responsibility and obligation for Hunan and Hubei to protect and develop Dongting Lake. He vowed that Hubei will support any plan that is beneficial for the scientific development of Dongting Lake and is willing to cooperate with Hunan in implementing related policies and measures. Mr. Mei proposed three suggestions for jointly developing the Dongting Lake Ecological and Economic Zone: to accomplish the planning of the Zone and the research on major subjects; to work on the application and declaration for the national regional development strategy; to establish a normal exchange system for mutual cooperation. Translator: Hao Jingru Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-05-13 23:16 View：1317

In addition to a good fame as "Hulun Buir in Southern China", Nanshan Hills in Chengbu County of Hunan province also boasts spectacular and special views of azaleas. A subtropical climate with rich sunshine and an average elevation of 1,760 meters allow the azaleas on Nanshan Hills to blossom 10 to 20 days later than those in other places, and their flowering phase is about 10 days longer. Bloomy azaleas on Nanshan Hills have big flowers, gorgeous and brilliant. Translator: Chen BingSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-05-12 23:15 View：1769