Travel agencies to get tourist incentive

2013-06-21 10:54:12

Travel agencies will be given 10 yuan ($1.61) a day for each foreign tourist staying overnight in the Guangdong provincial capital.

Scenery of stilted houses of Tujia ethnic group

2013-06-21 09:46:03

Two villagers stand in front of a wooden Diaojiaolou, or stilted house founded in the Qing Dynasty in Shiyanping village, Wangjiaping township of Zhangjiajie city in Central China's Hunan province.

Terrace fields in Yuanyang, China's Yunnan

2013-06-20 16:38:44

Photo taken on April 1, 2011 shows the terrace field in Yuanyang county of Southwest China's Yunnan province.

Terraced fields after snowfall

2013-06-20 16:38:44

Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2010 shows the scenery of terraced fields after a snowfall in Yunhe county, Lihsui of East China's Zhejiang province.

Life of herdsmen through pictures

2013-06-20 14:30:06

A large proportion of Tibetans are herdsmen. For them, grazing livestock on pasture is their job as well as part of their life.

A classical Chinese garden adorns Washington DC

2013-06-20 09:35:11

A classical Chinese garden will be installed at the US National Arboretum in Washington DC, in a joint collaboration between China and the United States.

A head of steam

2013-06-20 07:24:34

The Grand Canal sweeps by the writer's hometown, suffusing him with childhood memories and a vista point to gaze into a country on the rise, observes Raymond Zhou.

Royal Ascot horse racing festival

2013-06-19 11:33:21

Horses run in the King's Stand Stakes during the first day of the Royal Ascot horse racing festival at Ascot, Southern England.

Circling the globe on 3 wheels

2013-06-18 14:37:54

Two pensioners plan to visit 100 countries on a tour of the world in their homemade tricycle.

Swiss luxury hotels eye Chinese tourists

2013-06-18 14:30:13

Leading luxury hotels in Switzerland are looking for more affluent middle-class Chinese tourists.

27th Hong Kong Int'l Travel Expo kicks off

2013-06-18 13:27:15

People walk past an exhibition stand of Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region at the 27th Hong Kong International Travel Expo in South China's Hong Kong, June 13, 2013.

Travel becomes a family affair

2013-06-18 11:24:37

South African Tourism, the country's tourism authority, launched a three-month program on Friday targeting Chinese families.