China is becoming an increasingly important travel destination and transportation hub. While on the other hand, travel industry has long been a major source of national income and foreign currencies for China. No wonder China is making special efforts to boost its travel industry.
Taking Beijing, the Capital of this Middle Kingdom for example, it received about 9.2 million visitors from 1991-1995, realizing an 87.1% increase over the 1986-90 period. To improve the tourism market, the Beijing Tourism Administration (BTA) has set up a special tourism hot line, providing round-the-clock information and advice in Chinese, English and Japanese. In 1995, the National Tourism Administration conducted a comprehensive tourist guide evaluation, CITS (China International Tourism Service )Beijing also rated its 310 tour guides with different grades.
Whether you travel to China for business or for leisure, we are sure you will enjoy the company of 1.3 billion people. To make your trip a little easier and more enjoyable, ASM has offered you the following information--
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Last Updated: June 16, 2001
