Travel News
- The 2015 China International Travel Mart (CITM) kicked off in Kunming, Yunnan province, on Nov 13 and opens to the public on Nov 14.
- Pu'er, a border city in China's Southwestern Yunnan province, has made rapid strides in developing its coffee and tea production industries.
- The development of various ethnic communities in Kunming, capital city of China's Southwestern Yunnan province, has tremendously strengthened the unity and harmonious co-existence of ethnic groups.
- The CITM is one of the two biggest events in Yunnan Province of China following China-South Asia Expo held in June 2015. Through years of development, the CITM has become the largest-scale and most influential international exchange platform for travel industry in Asia.
- A recycling base for renewable resources was put into operation in Kunming, Yunnan province, on Nov 2, according to Xinhua Online.
- In 2005 a mabang, a caravan that consisted of about 120 horses and mules and 43 drivers from 11 ethnic groups carrying 4 tons of Pu'er tea, set off on an epic journey using the ancient route. They left from Pu'er county in Yunnan and traveled the 4,000 kilometers or so to Beijing, taking about...
- Yunnan is one of the top tea producers in China. The industry is the bread and butter of more than 10 million local people. The province has the largest tea garden area nationwide and has seen the tea industry maintain sustainable and rapid development and increasing output over the years.
- The featured Yi ethnic dance Tiaocai was staged on 21 October at the Lancaster House of UK. The visiting Chinese president Xi Jinping and Prince William attended the show. This is the first time the Tiaocai dance is put on in Europe.
- A new regulation on noise pollution control issued by the local government in Lijiang, Southwest China's Yunnan province, which forbids music being played during daytime in the old town and after 11:30 pm in the bar street, has triggered wide controversy and criticism. Comments:
- Traditional cultural activities of different ethnic groups in China, including the Yi people's celebrations when they chase field pests with torches, the khoomei singing among the Mongolians and antiphonal chanting of the Miao people, are all part of the ongoing Fourth China Ethnic Groups Arts...
