It is learned from the Hunan Embroidery Research Institute on March 23 that Hunan is preparing for establishing the Hunan Provincial Embroidery Association, aiming at promoting the rapid development of Hunan (Xiang) embroidery industry. In the 1970s, Hunan embroidery kept pace with Suzhou embroidery, sharing great reputation. However, nowadays, the sales volume of Hunan embroidery is only ten percent of that of Suzhou embroidery. Various problems including lack of product innovation, shortage of reserve talents and insufficient guidance in the large-scale industry development result in the current disadvantageous development situation of over 300 Hunan embroidery enterprises. Now over 40 Hunan embroidery enterprises have applied to join in the association, and it is scheduled to be officially set up in this April, according to the preparatory group of the Hunan Provincial Embroidery Association. Upon the establishment of the association, through financing, a standardized Hunan Embroidery Art Industrial Park integrated with production, sales and training as a whole will be founded. Translator: Hao JingruSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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A direct tourist charter flight between Zhangjiajie and Bangkok of Thailand will be launched for the first time during the Thailand Water-Sprinkling Festival, making as short a journey as 3 hours and 20 minutes. The 3-day Thailand Water-sprinkling Festival will be held from April 13 to 15. Six charter flights operated by the Orient Thai Airlines on March 28, April 2, 11, 12, 16 and 17 respectively will fly between Bangkok and Zhangjiajie. The flight departs from Bangkok at 9:00 am, and reaches Zhangjiajie at 12:20 am. Then it leaves Zhangjiajie one hour later and arrives in Bangkok at 16:40 pm on the same day. Great breakthroughs will be made through launching this flight. The Bangkok-Zhangjiajie tourist charter flight is the first air route to Southeast Asia since Zhangjiajie Airport's operation. Thailand will become Zhangjiajie's third country of final destination after South Korea and Japan. In addition, Zhangjiajie's tourists can fly to Bangkok in groups directly, initiating the two-way group tourism for Zhangjiajie and Bangkok tourists. Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Q1. Are there any recommended scenic spots in zhangjiajie?A: Yuanjiajie(Avatar), Golden Whip Stream,Tianzi Mountain, Baofeng lake, Tianmen Mountain,and so on. Q2. What are the ways for FIT (Foreign Independent Tourist) to travel in Zhangjiajie?A: 1.Joining a Chinese group tour (for low cost). 2.Grouping your relatives and friends. 3.DIY tour.Q3. Is Zhangjiajie a suitable place for the elderly people considering the steep mountains?A: Zhangjiajie scenic sites are well-developed as evidence by the cable way, the Bailong Panoramic lift and generally, the even roads inside the scenic sites. In a word, yes.Q4. Admission discounts for children in Zhangjiajie tourA: Children under the age of 12 with a height below 1.2m can enjoy concessionary fare. As for more details, please inquire custom services.Q5.How to hire a guide in zhangjiajie?A: Zhangjiajie official government has been focusing on the management of tourist guides, Informal guides has a record in Zhangjiajie Tourism Bureau, and is the work of the hang card; But some social workers to participate in the tour guide career, they will often appear in airports, train stations, bus stops and other places,They are engaged in illegal business activities, not the integrity of the low price and discount tickets as bait,Cheat tourists events occasionally occur.Our website to remind: The best way is to hire guides through formal channels in Zhangjiajie tourism.Q6. During the travel in Zhangjiajie which one would be better to live, downtown or scenic area?A:Zhangjiajie City is located close to the airport, about 5-10 minutes drive；Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park is located near Zhangjiajie city.But the distance between Zhangjiajie city and Zhangjiajie scenic spots,it is about 40-50 minutes drive to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park;and it is about 1 hour drive to Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan District.If you arrived Zhangjiajie Airport in the evening, we recommend you the best accommodation in Zhangjiajie city, visiting Zhangjiajie scenic spot(World Natural Heritage) we recommend you the best accommodation in Wulingyuan District.At present, Zhangjiajie admission has been implemented for three days effective,so you can close contact with the mountains in Zhangjiajie, though a bit humid in the mountains, but 24 hours a day, you can breathe fresh air.During the peak season in Zhangjiajie, Zhangjiajie scenic hotel availability is tight, but the price is relatively expensive, we recommend advance booking their own hotel.Note:1.High-season: March01-November30  2.Off-season: December 01- February28(Next year)  3.Holidays: May(01-05);Oct (01-07); The Spring Festival(01-07).Translated By Misu Spark Lee and shuireSource: Zhangjiajie Official Web Portal

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Where there is an itch of visiting ZhangJiajie, there is a way. As time goes by, there are more and more foreign tourists here while some still worry about whether the way to Zhangjiajie is convenient or not. From now on, this worry stops exist.More than 40,000 foreigners had visited here, the fairyland of Zhangjiajie, during January and February this year, demonstrating a 13.8% year-on-year increase,according to the general statistic of Wulingyuan Scenic Area Tourism Bureau. Thanks to the direct flight between South Korean and ZhangJiajie, the tourists from South Korean flooded here, with a 85% increase of daily tourists receipts, while the number of tourists from Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan and Hong Kong increases, too. More over, there is also a warm welcome to the tourists from European, America, Australia, etc.As the airport of ZhangJiajie had developed into an international one, it becomes more and more convenient for the coming of tourists from everywhere of the world.Translated by Vincent Chou 

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WUHAN, March 17 (Xinhua) -- China Southern Airlines will open a direct air route linking the southern China metropolis of Guangzhou and London on June 6, the company announced Saturday. This will be the first direct air route linking the two destinations. The company said that there will three two-way flights a week on the line. Besides the new route, the airlines will also increase the flights from Guangzhou to Vancouver to five times a week. Source: Xinhua

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Learned from The WEB:travel.huanqiu.com,Zhangjiajie Tianmenshan's ladder received rating the world's ten domineering stairs.Zhangjiajie Tianmenshan's ladder is located in Tianmen Hole, a total of 999 steps, the vertical inclination of 45 degrees, we can sure you will be amazed by this ladder.Source: Zhangjiajie  Official Web Portal

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March 19, 2012, from the official news, On the 28th of this month, The first tourism charter will begain to be flight between Zhangjiajjie and Bangkok, Zhangjiajie people will be able to straight fly to Thailand, feeling the customs of other countries.According to news, Thailand's Songkran Festival will be held in April 13, a total of three days, Thailand Eastern Airlines will be the implementation of the charter flights (Bangkok-Zhangjiajie-Bangkok) on March 28 and April 2,11,12,16, 17, a total of six flights. The charter model is a Boeing 737-300, Boeing 763 and McDonnell Douglas 80. Bangkok departure time is 9:00am,the time of arrival in Zhangjiajie 12:20 noon;and Zhangjiajie departure time is 13:20pm,the time of arrival in Bangkok 16:40pm.Source: Zhangjiajie Official Web Portal

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According to incomplete statistics, from January to February, number of overseas tourists visiting Wulingyuan Scenic Area amounted to over 40,000, up 13.8% year on year. Here showed a sign of boom of inbound tourism at the beginning of this year. Particularly, number of Korean tourists per day boomed by 85% on a year on year basis after the direct flight to Zhangjiajie from ROK had started. Meanwhile tourists from European and America, and countries like Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and regions such as HongKong, Taiwan so on so forth, flocked to Zhangjiajie one after another.Besides, overseas travel agencies and media have paid great attention to Zhangjiajie this year. From January to February, the director of the Tourist Administration of Wulingyuan Scenic Area said, more than 10 foreign travel agencies and media delegations had come to Zhangjiajie for cooperation and negotiation on expanding tourist flow and marketing.Of late Zhangjiajie airport have upgraded to international airport, some in the industry anticipated that affected by this favorable condition, the number of overseas tourists to Wulingyuan this year will continue to grow to over 800,000.Translated By Misu Spark LeeSource: Zhangjiajie Official Web Portal 

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