It is reported that the journey to Taiwan of guides in Zhangjiajie ,which aiming for  enhancing their comprehensive quality and promoting cultural communication ,started after mourning our national hero--Liu Mingdeng in April 2.This journey is estimated ten thousands li(a Chinese unit of length) from Zhangjiajie to Taiwan Island.Ten excellent guides will present cultural performances,viz.  Yangxi(a drama shaped in Zhangjiajie) ,folk songs and Tujia waving dance during the communication period in Taiwan . Translated by Aileen

News 2012-04-10 18:16 View：1559

In 7 April ,the first Rapeseed flowers festival was held in Tongjinpu town,Zhanjiajie.The beauty of a sea of Rapeseed flowers attracted hundreds and thousands of visitors.Activities ,such as bike race,bonfire party,cultural performances and enjoying rape flowers etc were organized by the festival promoter.It is claimed that this festival will be lasted till Labor' s Day and aim at creating a good investing environment for building a brand of agricultural tourism.Translated by Aileen

News 2012-04-10 18:15 View：1730

Yang Guangrong, head of the Hunan Provincial Tourism Bureau, is being interviewed by Russian reporters.From March 16 to 27, Head of the Hunan Provincial Tourism Bureau Yang Guangrong led a tourism promotion team consisting of members from key municipal tourism bureaus and leading tour enterprises to make sales promotion in Russia.From March 17 to 19, the sales promotion team attended the Russian International Tourism Exposition. The large pictures of Zhangjiajie and Fenghuang Ancient Town were prominently displayed to attract the eyes of Russian consumers. During the exposition, the promotion team received consultation from 300 visitors and gave out over 2,000 tourism promotional items. On the afternoon of March 19, with the assistance of the China National Tourist Office in Moscow, the team held a promotion conference in Moscow, which drew the participation of over 50 Russian tour operators and reporters. Yang Guangrong made travel promotion and answered the questions raised by the participants.Translator: Li Ling Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-04-10 11:26 View：1304

Zhangjiajie will enact a regulation on the publishing of prices in scenic spots in a bid to promote consuming transparency as well as tourists' satisfaction this year.Price Bureau in Wulingyuan District ,Zhangjiajie claimed recently.In detail, this regulation will be comprehensively implemented in scenic spots by unifying the prices of spot tickets ,accommodation and goods in stores.Meanwhile,all the prices will be shown on bulletin in Chinese,English and Korean.Translated by Aileen

News 2012-04-09 18:13 View：1249

The world's highest and longest tunnel-to-tunnel bridge has opened to traffic in Hunan province, central China. The Aizhai suspension bridge links two tunnels 1,176 metres apart, carrying traffic 355 metres above the foot of Dehang Canyon. Construction of the bridge started in October 2007 and its main sections were completed at the end of last year. It is designed to help ease traffic in the mountainous region, where queues are common due to the narrow, steep and winding roads.Related news:The long-span Aizhai suspension bridge is seen in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province, March 31, 2012. Aizhai suspension bridge, with a main span of 1,176 meters and a maximum height of 330 meters, was open to traffic on Saturday. Spanning over the Dehang canyon, the bridge was built as part of the expressway from southwest China's Chongqing Municipality to Changsha city in Hunan. Its completion would greatly improve the transportation between the two cities, according to authorities. (Xinhua/Zhao Zhongzhi)Aizhai is the world's highest and longest tunnel-to-tunnel bridgeIt spans 1,176 metres and is the 12th longest suspension bridge in the worldPhotographers line up to capture pictures of the bridge at duskVisitors take a look at the bridgeVehicles and pedestrians cross the bridge during the spring festivalThe bridge forms a key section of the Jishou-Chadong Expressway, which has 18 tunnels in total comprising about half of its length.The bridge has 1,888 lights to increase visibility at night.A section of the Aizhai suspension bridge during its construction.A worker paints part of the bridge.The bridge is 355 metres above the ground.Previously, a drive from one tunnel to the other took about half an hour.The Aizhai suspension bridge at night

News 2012-04-08 17:29 View：10822

The Whitewater Slalom Center at the Wulingyuan Scenic Spot of Zhangjiajie welcomed the first group of tourists for the new season on the afternoon of April 5. The Australian guests tried the program right after it was opened for tourists on that day.

News 2012-04-08 17:29 View：2212

Suoxiyu- a core scenic spot of Wulingyuan has invested 700,000RMB to build a new home (including aperies, rooms for macaque feeders, and surrounding scenic areas )for macaques, which located at the end of the Ten-Li gallery .It is reported that Suoxiyu will continue the investment in bettering macaques’ living environment , increasing visitors’ resting facilities and enriching the connotation of tourism. Translated by Aileen

News 2012-04-07 21:29 View：1576

This large suspension bridge is located in Xiangxi Aizhai village(Highway of Jishou to Chadong),140 km from Zhangjiajie city.It is a great spectacle of today's Western Hunan Tourism.

News 2012-04-07 00:13 View：8577