more stories

Carnival parade on Huaihai Road

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2010-9-7

THE float parade, a fixed program of the annual Shanghai Tourism Festival will hit Huaihai Road again on the evening of September 12. The 2.2 kilometer route will turn into a scene of carnival as floats and performing...

---

Overseas trips selling out for national holiday

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2010-9-4

OVERSEAS tours during the National Day holiday in October are almost sold out with less than a month to go, the city's travel agencies are reporting. Demand had soared by about 20 percent although prices had...

---

Outbound travel heats up as holiday nears

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2010-9-3

OUTBOUND tours during upcoming National Day holidays have almost sold out although the week-long break does not begin until October 1, Shanghai travel agencies said. Outbound travelers have increased by about 20...

---

Songjiang hard at work to attract more tourists

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2010-9-3

SONGJIANG District is at work clearing up its 1,900-plus inland rivers and building tourist facilities alongside, government officials announced yesterday. The district government also plans to increase the number...

---

Manila bloodbath affects travel market

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2010-8-25

WHEN some tourists asked for a refund of their Philippines travel packages, others were unfazed about going to the country marred by a bloody bus hijack on Monday, travel agencies said today. They said about 200...

---

Tourists will avoid bloodbath location

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2010-8-25

SHANGHAI tourists won't be stopping at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, the place that became the scene of Monday evening's bloodbath that ended in the death of eight tourists from Hong Kong. Local agencies...

---

Shanghai travelers unaffected by Manila tragedy

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2010-8-24

SHANGHAI tour groups in the Philippines, where 10 Hong Kong tourists died in a bus hijack yesterday, were not affected by the incident, said local travel agencies. More than 100 Shanghai tourists are now traveling...

---

Agencies draw flak for tours to Sichuan

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2010-8-17

TOURISTS have begun questioning the wisdom of travel agencies in continuing to send tour groups to Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan Province despite rainstorms and landslides hitting the area lately. Travel agencies said...

---

Travel agencies in vow to end stops at shops

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2010-8-10

ALL 42 travel service companies that are licensed to do overseas business in the city will soon sign a letter of commitment, promising there will be no shopping stops on Hong Kong tour packages, Shanghai tourism authorities...

---

Tourism festival makes changes to schedule

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2010-8-10

SOME activities scheduled for the Shanghai Tourism Festival will be canceled while new ones will be added, officials said yesterday. The changes have been made to prevent downtown areas and public transport networks...

---

Tourist fest shifts more activities to the suburbs

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2010-8-9

MOST new events planned for this year's Shanghai Tourism Festival will be held in the city's outskirts to prevent traffic congestions in the downtown areas. The festival, running from September 12 to October 6,...

---

Tour guide keeps busy, but finds work rewarding

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2010-8-2

AS one of hundreds of World Expo tour guides, Ma Xiaoyan said her experience has been a mixture of happiness and exhaustion. The 27-year-old tour guide, who now is quite brown from all the time she has spent in...

---

The Bund, its bull and bad behavior

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2010-7-24

THE Bund management are becoming increasingly concerned over the unruly behavior of some visitors. They are climbing all over the Bund Bull, throwing trash into the Huangpu River, and trampling on the grass. Officials...

---

Tourism officials warn over Dalian

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2010-7-21

TOURISM authorities yesterday warned travelers to avoid visiting scenic areas polluted by an oil spill last week in Dalian, Liaoning Province. Officials said they have ordered Dalian travel agencies arranging trips...

---

First peach tasting festival blossoms in Shanghai

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2010-7-20

SHANGHAI'S first Peach Tasting Festival was launched in Pudong New Area today as a complement to the traditional Peach Flower Festival, which has a two-decade history in the city. Tourists will be able to feast...