The tourism regulator is working on details to further open the market to foreign operators by lowering capital requirements and allowing subsidiaries.
Foreign tour agencies will be treated on par with domestic counterparts when it comes to registered capital, a China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) official has said.
The warm, summer days have made for even hotter temperatures when touring the USS Razorback.
Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum Maintenance Director Jim Gates says, “As you can imagine, this black submarine soaks up heat.”
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“Key Ingredients: American by Food, ” a 500-year history of the development of food in America, explores the procurement, preparation and preparation of what we eat.
Put together by the Smithsonian Institute, this traveling exhibit is on display at the Washington County Rural Heritage Museum at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center through Aug. 4.
The ATP’s season-ending Tennis Masters Cup will be renamed the ATP World Tour Final and shift from Shanghai to London in 2009. The world’ top singles players and doubles teams will compete in Britain for more than $4.5 million in prize money.
“The world’s best tennis players coming together in the unique and iconic setting of London’s O2 Arena to decide who will be crowned ATP World Tour Final champion, is simply an irresistible and potent mix,” said Etienne de Villiers, executive chairman of the ATP.
When it comes to the Web, most book publishers are still finding their way. They’ve tap-danced around the issue of selling books directly to readers, preferring to let Amazon lead the way, and many are still trying to figure out what Google text searches will mean for their future. While some have built fancy sites to promote specific titles, few have invested in creating new kinds of content aimed specifically at the Internet.
Train travel in parts of Germany was disrupted with delays and cancellations as rail workers seeking a 7 percent pay increase staged a series of warning strikes. Regional travel around the cities of Wismar and Rostock in the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania were most affected, state railway Deutsche Bahn AG said in a statement. The Transnet and GDBA rail workers unions also planned strikes in and around Frankfurt, Hamburg and Karlsruhe.
College tours can be a hit-or-miss experience. You can never tell what will appeal to your child or turn him off.
“There’s a lot to be said for that immediate gut reaction,” observes Arlene Matthews, a college counselor and author of Getting In Without Freaking Out (Three Rivers Press). “It’s all about whether they feel good there.”
In future, holidaymakers should get greater protection when they buy their travel insurance through a travel agent.
The changes follow accusations from consumer groups that holidaymakers are routinely sold overpriced and unsuitable insurance by travel agents.
Taiwan’s annual travel market is worth an estimated NT$340 billion (US$10.37 billion), with nearly 71 percent of respondents to a recent survey saying they travel to relieve stress, pollsters said upon the release of their research yesterday.
The survey was conducted by the Global Views Monthly journal to explore Taiwanese travel activities and preferences. The telephone poll targeted residents between the ages of 20 and 60 in all 23 cities and counties on Taiwan proper.
An Indian American movie special effects expert has won a prestigious travel award for a ride on horseback across remote villages in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan.
Alexander Souri, who has worked on “The Matrix” and “X-Men”, is the founder-director of Relief Riders International (RRI) whose members made the trip in October last year to provide medical and relief supplies to people.
