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Tourism
Tourist resources
China is rich in tourist resources: it has majestic mountains, beautiful rivers, colorful and historical places, varied folkloric customs and traditions. All these tourist resources are of world-wide reputation. In China there are two tourist itineraries very recommended: A) Traditional itinerary in the form of S crosses historical, political and cultural cities like Peking, Xi´an, Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou. B) Itinerary of the abiertas zones of the coast in the form of New Moon taking like center the peninsula of Liaodong, Shandong, the deltas of the Changjiang and Zhujiang, etc. Throughout the first itinerary the tourists can admire the Great Wall of the sector of Badaling de Peking, the Imperial Palace, the Temple of the Sky, the Museum of the Soldiers and Terra-cotta Horses of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the Forest of Tablets, the Great Pagoda of the Wild Oca of Xi´an; to walk by Waitan and the Street of Nanjing of the city of Shanghai, and the New Zone of Pudong; to visit refinings gardens of Suzhou and the landscape of the Lake of the West of Hangzhou etc. By the second itinerary the tourists can see with their own eyes the enormous change operated in the cities abiertas of the coast from the reform and the opening, and enjoy the solar light in beaches of the south and the north different landscapes; in all the coastal cities there are centers of vacations, gymnasiums modern and bars where the tourists can become loose and enjoy the joy after their strolls. In the China year 2000 he offers a program of tourist services that, grouped under the name of “Tourism of the Century of China”, will facilitate so much the attendance to several tens of festivales, among them the one of the Ice and the Snow, the one of the Lights, and the one of the Old City Pingyao, like the route of nine itineraries of special tourist interest, among them those of the rivers Yangtsé and Amarillo, and the one of the Three Throats. All these services are directed to attract more foreign tourists and to foment in great scale the national tourism, to obtain therefore a greater spreading of the tourism between the public and one more a ampler diffusion of the tourist resources of China. In the activities of the program “Tourism of the Century of China”, the tourist points of the 21st century appear to the international market of the tourism “that comprise of the world-wide patrimony” like Chinese tourist products of greater quality.
The folkloric songs and dances, traditional operas as well as the culture and the habits of the ethnic minorities constitute treasures of the tourism of China. When traveling to China the tourists can admire the opera of Peking and Xiangsheng (humorous dialog) but also not only know customs and traditional habits the different ethnic groups in the “Celebration from the Water” from dai, the “Nadam” of mongoles, the “Celebration of Antorchas” of yi, the “Fair of Third Month” of bai, and the “Celebration of the Songs” of zhuang. The one that the foreign tourists prove plates of China is indispensable a tourist article. The laqueado duck of Peking, the fish cooked with vinegar and sugar of the Lake of the West of Hangzhou, the complete pig roast to fire of firewood of Guangdong, the cheese of soya Mapo de Sichuan, the meat of lamb in broth of Inner Monglia and teas with the local flavors will enchant to the tourists.
Organisms and services of the tourism
The administrative department of tourism of China is the State Administration of Trips and Tourism, an executive organism of administration unified of the national tourism subordinated to the Council of State. It exerts functions of political direction and development of the tourism, long term and annual planning of the tourism, organization of the diffusion to the outside and computer science publication of the tourism. It supervises and it examines the execution of the policy and the plan. It has independent branches in the diverse provinces, regions and municipalities directly subordinated to the central Power. In addition it has offices in Tokyo, New York, Paris, London, Frankfurt and Hong Kong of China.
In the diverse regions of China there are tourism agencies. The three main agencies of international tourism are:
International travel agency of China Takes care of the foreign tourists specifically. It has his soothes central in Peking and independent branches in the diverse provinces, regions and municipalities directly subordinated to the central Power, and in certain cities and open zones.
Travel agency of China and Chinese Travel agency for overseas Takes care of Chinese the overseas ones, the compatriots of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and to the foreigners of Chinese origin. His you soothe central they are in Peking and they abroad have open branches in the cities and regions and the regions inhabited by relatives of the Chinese residents. In addition, they have permanent offices in Hong Kong, Macao, and Thailand.
Travel agency of China Youth His soothes also is in Peking, specifically takes care of foreign young people and Chinese residents abroad, foreigners of Chinese origin and to the young compatriots of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
They are, in addition, the Company of Sport Tourism the International of China, the Cultural Travel agency of China, the Company of Unofficial International Trips and Tourism of China, the Company of International Trips and Tourism Swan, and the Travel agency of Women of China.
From the reform and the opening the diverse localities of China have constructed and transformed numerous hotels of different categories, that they can satisfy the demands of all the tourists. At the moment the country has more than 3,000 hotels than they are classified by stars. Between the famous ones (of five stars) they are the Wangfu (Palace Hotel), Zhongguo Da Fandian (China World Hotel) and the Shangri-La, in Peking; the Hilton Jing´an, the Huayuan Fandian and the New Jinjiang, in Shanghai; the White Swan, the Zhongguo and the Dongfang in Guangzhou; the Fulihua de Dalian and the Nanhai in Shenzhen. In the diverse big cities and medians and points of tourism to hotels and restaurants common and current rose to offer to the customer a satisfactory service.
The tourist transport is very easy. A three-dimensional transport of water, earth has formed and air. The civil aviation of China owns 1,115 international airways and national. They increase the flights of average and cuts distance between the diverse cities of the country. The departments of railroads and the transport companies of long distance established special itineraries of tourism in trains and bus with conditioned air. During the trip the tourists feel much comfort. According to the necessity, the tourists can reserve tickets of train, boat and airplane in the diverse hotels.
The native paintings, products, the traditional medicinal matters of China and the artisan articles of tourism are welcomed by the tourists of all the countries. In the tourism centers there are special artisan article stores where the travellers choose the objects of their esteem.
Diagram of the Development of the Tourism
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year
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Entrance from tourists to the Chinese territory: thousand people
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Entrance of the currency tourism: million dollars
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1978
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1.809
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260
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1985
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17.833
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1.250
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1990
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27.462
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2.220
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1995
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46.387
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8.730
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1999
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72.796
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14.100
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