China Economic ReviewUnless you get enjoyment throwing money away at impossible odds in a garish and over-hyped atmosphere, Macau is not for you. Indeed, it could hardly be called a tourist destination in anyway. There is a report that China plans to turn Hengqin, note spelling which is tricky, a sparsely populated island next to Macau, into […]
Beiing has finally given the go-ahead to Walt Disney to build their first theme park mainland China, the Wall Street Journal reported. The long-awaited approval will allow the company to begin construction of the Shanghai park, which is valued at an estamated US$4 billion and expected to rank as one of the largest-ever foreign investments […]
With improving purchasing power, rapid economic liberalization and favourable government policies, tourism has emerged as a new growth avenue for the Chinese economy over the recent few years. A new research report “China Tourism Industry Forecast to 2012”: shows that domestic and outbound tourism segments have witnessed positive growth despite economic slowdown and changing industry landscape. […]
Travel-review website TripAdvisor it is buying Kuxun.cn, a Chinese flight and hotel search engine. TripAdvisor is probably the best known and the most trusted of the travel review sites. Yes, reviews of hotels by their own PRs sneak through every now and again but, generally, you get a fair picture. TripAdvisor is owned by […]
Shanghai’s municipal government could give the green light for the US$3.6 billion Disney theme park project this week, the South China Morning Post reported, citing city mayor Han Zheng. The mayor did not confirm the central-government’s endorsement of the long-awaited theme park, but a government representative with direct knowledge of the matter said the National Development […]