Skip to content
中文Subscribe

All updates

Today32items
Sep 10Thu
  1. China Tourism News

    Premium Waterway Tourism Route Cases Released, Experience Upgraded

    The Ministry of Transport released 2025 typical cases of premium domestic waterway tourism passenger routes. The routes connect coastal attractions and historical sites, innovating a 'cruise plus' model covering sightseeing, study tours, vacation, and night tours. During summer, several routes saw peak traffic: the Lijiang essence section received 353,400 visitors, averaging about 6,000 daily, with about 4,000 sailings; 'Shanghai Star' averaged a 98.6% load factor. Industry players note waterway tourism is shifting from 'whether available' to 'whether good,' requiring water-shore linkage, diversified revenue structures, and content innovation for long-term operation.

  2. China Tourism News

    Naked-Eye 3D Light Show Debuts at Shougang Park for CIFTIS

    On the evening of September 9, the 'Landscape of Western Beijing, Vital Yongding' naked-eye 3D light show was staged at Shougang Park in Beijing. As one of this year's CIFTIS supporting activities, it uses the Shougang Park cooling tower as the core display carrier, telling stories of western Beijing's mountains and rivers and industrial transformation through dynamic images and stereoscopic 3D forms. The show runs for 3 consecutive days from September 9 to 11, with one performance each at 19:30, 20:30, and 21:30 daily.

  3. Pinchain Tourism

    Six Departments Jointly Issue Opinions to Promote High-Quality Development of Historical Classic In…

    Six departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and State Administration for Market Regulation jointly issued the Opinions on Promoting High-Quality Development of Historical Classic Industries. Shan Gangxin, Director of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, stated that a campaign to promote intangible cultural heritage consumption will be implemented, integrating intangible cultural heritage into communities and bringing intangible cultural heritage products to airports…

  4. Pinchain Tourism

    Qunar: Mid-Autumn Moon-Viewing Flight Searches Up 2x YoY

    On September 10, train tickets for the eve of Mid-Autumn Festival went on sale, accelerating flight and hotel bookings. Qunar data shows this week's Mid-Autumn and National Day flight-hotel bookings rose 119% week-on-week, entering peak season. With only 3 days between the 2026 Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays, the 'take 3 days off for 13 days' plan went viral, unlocking the longest concentrated travel window in nearly a decade. Mid-Autumn first-day flight prices are 30% lower than National Day first-day; travelers booking flights to 2 or more destinations rose 25% YoY. Mid-Autumn 'moon-viewing flight' searches grew 200% YoY; treasure small-town product searches rose over 60% month-on-m…

  5. Pinchain Tourism

    Airlines Respond to Free Meal Questions as Paid Catering Emerges

    Media reports indicate that several Chinese airlines, including China Eastern Airlines, Sichuan Airlines and Lucky Air, have introduced paid custom in-flight meals. Responding to public concerns about whether free meals are being cancelled, China Eastern customer service said the airline launched paid meal selection to offer diversified dining choices, and flights that normally provide meals will still have free options, though these may be snacks or full meals depending on the flight. Sichuan Airlines customer service said passengers can buy paid meals via its app, with booking opening 10 days before departure and closing 48 hours before departure. The responses indicate free meals have no…

  6. China Tourism News

    Hunan's 'Red Education+' Diversifies, Shaoshan Study Tours Receive 1.269 Million Students

    Hunan launched the 'Red Army Long March and Hunan' red story tour, and the 2026 'My Shaoshan Journey' Hunan primary and secondary school red study tour autumn semester opened simultaneously, with nearly 4,000 teachers and students visiting Shaoshan. Since the launch of the 'My Shaoshan Journey' public welfare study tour project in 2023, Shaoshan has received 1.269 million study tour students, driving over 3 million social study tour participants. The Liu Shaoqi Memorial has established museum-school co-construction relationships with over 100 schools, receiving over 100,000 study tour participants annually.

  7. Pinchain Tourism

    Shanghai air and rail hubs handle over 52 million passengers in 62-day summer season

    During the 62-day 2026 summer travel season, Shanghai Pudong and Hongqiao airports handled 25.281 million passengers and 151,000 aircraft movements, up 3.1% year on year; Shanghai railway station sent more than 27 million passengers, with a single-day peak of 597,000 on 22 August. Combined air and rail volume exceeded 52 million passengers. Pudong airport's port inspected 6.7 million inbound and outbound travellers, while Shanghai railway station received 435,000 foreign passengers, up 24% year on year. Shanghai airports added seven international destinations including Dublin and Tbilisi, with the network now covering 302 destinations in 53 countries.

  9. China Tourism News

    Visa-Free Foreign Entries Up 26.8% in First Eight Months

    According to the National Immigration Administration, from January to August 2026, border inspection authorities processed 499 million inbound and outbound trips, up 8.7% year on year. This included 242 million trips by mainland residents, 196 million by Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents, and 61.287 million by foreign nationals, up 10%, 8.9% and 19.5% respectively. Visa-free foreign entries reached 23.72 million, accounting for 77.6% of total foreign entries and up 26.8% year on year. The administration said it will continue to promote immigration policy innovation and optimize border inspection models.

  10. Pinchain Tourism

    Xixia Tombs See Visitor Surge After World Heritage Listing, Digital Tools Boost Heritage Tourism

    The Xixia Tombs were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List at the 47th session in Paris on 11 July 2025, becoming China's 60th World Heritage site. Over the past year, the site has enhanced visitor experiences through VR/XR immersive projects, VAR smart viewing telescopes, digital cultural products and an immersive scripted tour. Data show about one million visitors in 2025, up roughly 30% year on year, and 450,000 visitors in the first half of 2026, up 102% year on year, with out-of-province visitors accounting for 92%.

  11. China Tourism News

    Yanbian Culture and Tourism Food Season Opens on National Day

    On September 8, the 'Golden Jilin' 2026 Autumn Culture and Tourism Series press conference was held. The Yanbian Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau introduced the 'One Fish, a Hundred Flavors: Fresh Autumn' 2026 Yanbian Culture and Tourism Food Season, opening on National Day with a full-scenario operation model of 'food + events + intangible heritage + night economy.' The core event is a national chef pollock cooking competition recruiting nearly 100 professional chefs, guided by the Northeast Asia Catering Industry Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Catering Industry. The season has 3 core sections, releases a 'Pollock Food Map,' opens a 'Yanbian Good Things' market w…

  12. China Tourism News

    Beihai Reports 271 Million Tourist Visits in 14th Five-Year Plan Period

    Beihai's 13th Party Congress noted that during the 14th Five-Year Plan period the city upgraded scenic areas and strengthened its culture-tourism industry. After years of renovation, Silver Beach moved from single-purpose beach sightseeing toward a national-level tourist resort, with projects such as Nanzhu City and the Major National Equipment Science Experience Hall opening; visits rose from 13.22 million in 2023 to 15 million in 2024 and above 17 million in 2025. Projects including the Maritime Silk Road First Port and the Beibu Gulf International Cruise Home Port began operating, Marriott and Sheraton hotels arrived, and Beihai Old Town and the Maritime Silk Road First Port were named n…

  13. China Tourism News

    China to Build Over 5,000 Safe-Consumption Clusters by 2030

    China's State Administration for Market Regulation issued a notice to comprehensively develop safe-consumption units and clusters, aiming for more than 5,000 safe-consumption clusters nationwide by 2030. Focus areas include safe-consumption units such as shops, supermarkets, restaurants, hotels, online stores and livestream rooms, and clusters such as commercial complexes, business districts, markets, scenic areas, districts, villages and highway service areas. Accompanying guidelines encourage accommodation units to commit to holiday price increase limits and support tiered cancellation, and encourage cluster managers to establish advance compensation systems.

  14. China Tourism News

    Central-South Cup Golf Invitational Concludes in Hainan

    The 2026 Central-South Cup Golf Invitational (Hainan stop), hosted by the Hainan Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports, concluded on 9 September at the Boao Forum for Asia Golf Club. About 120 amateur players from the golf associations of Hainan, Guangdong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi and Macao competed over two days and two rounds. In the team event, the Hainan Golf Association team won the gross title, with Hunan second and Guangxi third; individual play was split into association, amateur and guest groups, each with its own winners. During the event, industry figures, entrepreneurs and media held industry dialogue, resource matching and experience sharing, with or…

  15. China Tourism News

    Inner Mongolia Deploys Scenic-Area Renewal and Market Cleanup

    A research team from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Department of Culture and Tourism visited key scenic areas in Hulunbuir, including Hulun Lake, Moergele River and Aoluguya, to inspect 5A-level scenic-area creation and re-evaluation preparations, and examined horse-riding tourism market rectification and industry standardization in Heishantou, Ergun. A regional tourism work symposium was then held in Ergun, deploying tasks including scenic-area upgrading, 5A creation, market rectification, anti-organized-crime work in tourism, and winter tourism preparation.

  16. China Tourism News

    Destination Canada promotes autumn travel products in Chengdu

    On 8 September, Destination Canada, together with the tourism boards of British Columbia, Ontario, the Northwest Territories and Quebec, held an autumn product sharing event in Chengdu under the theme "Autumn Wonderland, Canada of Course", attended by more than 100 travel agency representatives from Sichuan and Chongqing, industry media and travel influencers. The event presented autumn resources from Canada's east to west coast and promoted brands such as "Endless Coast", "Wilderness" and "World Capital of the Aurora", plus classic itineraries linking Toronto, Niagara Falls and Ottawa. More than 350,000 Chinese visitors travelled to Canada in 2025, and Sichuan Airlines operates the Chengdu…

  17. Pinchain Tourism

    World's First International Standard for Tourism City Brand Evaluation Released

    On 9 September, the 2026 World Tourism Cooperation and Development Conference was held at the Shougang International Convention and Exhibition Center in Beijing. At the opening ceremony, the scoring rules for the ISO 11778 international standard 'Brand Evaluation—Tourism Cities' were released. Initiated by the World Tourism Cities Federation, it is the world's first international standard dedicated to tourism city brand evaluation, with 8 first-level and 53 second-level indicators, further refined into 121 third-level indicators with a total score of 1,000, covering tourism resources, infrastructure, service convenience, environmental sustainability, safety, stakeholder evaluation, visitor…

  18. US BTS Statistical Releases

    US Airlines Shed 2,783 Jobs in July 2026

    U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data show that U.S. airline industry employment (passenger and cargo combined) fell to 1,037,936 workers in July 2026, down 2,783 (0.27%) from 1,040,719 in June 2026. Scheduled passenger airlines employed 555,559 workers, or 54% of the industry total, losing 1,505 employees in July; cargo airlines employed 477,939 workers, or 46%, losing 1,293, with FedEx down 1,448 jobs. Industry-wide full-time equivalents (FTEs) totaled 892,991, a decrease of 2,289 from June.

  19. China Tourism News

    Kunming Inbound Tourism Rises, Border Clearance Efficiency Up 25%

    From January to July this year, Kunming received 924,500 inbound visitors, up 22.92% year on year. The Kunming border inspection station implemented six facilitation measures including 'one group, one policy' clearance, raising average port clearance efficiency by about 25% and cutting transit procedure time from 46 minutes to 6 minutes. In the first half of the year, Kunming airport port inspected 696,800 foreign entries and exits, of which about 261,600 entered under visa-free or transit visa-free policies. Kunming launched or resumed multiple international routes and introduced differentiated inbound tourism products.

  20. TripVivid

    China Tourism Group Hosts Nearly 16 Million Visitors in Summer

    This summer, China Tourism Group hosted nearly 16 million visitors. In the scenic area segment, Heidushan reception increased by 30%, and Xianghu Yuejie sales and foot traffic increased by 87% and 128% year-on-year; Huaxia Cruise operated 27 voyages; travel service revenue increased by over 20%; offshore duty-free store foot traffic increased by 16% and shopper numbers by 12%.

  21. China Tourism News

    CIFTIS Promotes Deep Integration of Culture, Commerce, Tourism, Sports and Exhibitions

    The 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) runs from 9 to 13 September in Beijing, featuring for the first time a 'China Services' zone in the core theme exhibition area and 'going global' service zones in several thematic exhibitions. The article argues that deep integration of culture, commerce, tourism, sports and exhibitions is an inevitable choice for upgrading service consumption. Data shows services exports grew 17.6% in the first half of the year; inbound tourism drove travel services exports to RMB 229.2 billion, up 31.1%; and personal culture and entertainment services exports grew 57.2%. About 90 countries, regions and international organisations and over 1,…

  22. Agoda Newsroom

    Agoda Highlights Asia's Emerging Havens for Sleep Tourism

    Agoda has published a look at sleep tourism in Asia and a set of emerging destination recommendations. Sleep tourism refers to travelers planning trips around rest and recovery rather than sightseeing or activities. Agoda attributes the trend to rising burnout, chronic sleep deprivation, growing wellness awareness and the spread of sleep-tracking wearables, which have pushed sleep from a private health concern into a travel priority. Recommended destinations include Kinosaki Onsen in Japan, Khao Yai in Thailand, Sumba in Indonesia, Damyang in South Korea, Ba Be Lake in Vietnam and Alishan in Taiwan, characterized by quiet settings, natural darkness and accommodation built around genuine res…

  23. IATA Pressroom

    IATA WSOC 2026 to Focus on the Human Edge in Aviation Safety

    The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the 2026 World Safety and Operations Conference (WSOC) will focus on the human elements in keeping aviation safe and resilient, under the theme 'Performance Through People'. The event will take place from 6-8 October in Istanbul, Türkiye, hosted by Turkish Airlines. Four tracks—Safety, Cabin Operations, Operations and Crisis Management—will explore the theme, complemented by workshops covering geopolitical risk and people performance, human-centred safety, future-proofing aviation safety talent, emergency response planning and the IATA Turbulence Aware Forum.

  24. Pinchain Tourism

    Amap Street Scan List 2026 Released: Algorithm Upgrade, Covering 269 Cities

    On 10 September, Alibaba Group's Amap announced the full AI-ification of its Street Scan List, upgrading the ranking algorithm with spatial intelligence, and officially released the Amap Street Scan List 2026. The new algorithm increases the weight of behaviours such as dedicated visits and repeat visits, and introduces professional ratings. The Champion List added coffee, bar and entertainment categories; the Fireworks Small Shop List expanded to 269 cities; and the national BEST100 series was launched for the first time. Data shows that in its first year, the list served over 880 million users, with 36.6 billion kilometres of annual navigation to listed merchants, driving a 424% year-on-y…

  25. China Tourism News

    Longmengang Town, Guangxi: Fishing Village Vacations with Fresh Flavors

    Nan Village in Longmengang Town, Qinnan District, Qinzhou City, Guangxi, has seen rising tourism popularity driven by the fishing season opening festival and fishing culture. After the Longmen Bridge opened on December 29, 2024, travel from Qinzhou city to the island takes less than an hour, enabling over 2,000 fishermen to transition from 'relying on the sea for a living' to 'prospering through tourism.' The area has developed over 10 special cultural tourism projects such as beachcombing, sea fishing, and fishing family life experiences.

  26. China Tourism News

    Yangjia Village, Shaanxi: Homestay Cluster Drives Rural Micro-Vacations

    Yangjia Village in Qinling Subdistrict, Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi, has transformed idle farmhouses into boutique homestays through a model of 'social capital + farmer equity + village collective platform + third-party operation' to develop rural micro-vacations. The village's pomegranate planting area is about 267 hectares, with an annual output value exceeding 60 million yuan. The homestay cluster has driven income growth for over 300 surrounding farming households.

  27. UK CAA News

    UK CAA and charity call for end to laser attacks on air ambulance helicopters

    The UK Civil Aviation Authority and the charity Air Ambulances UK have jointly called for an end to laser attacks on air ambulance helicopters during UK Air Ambulance Week. Such attacks occur every month and can cause temporary blindness, distraction and even long-term eye damage to pilots; because most air ambulances operate with a single pilot, the risk is significant and critical patient care can be delayed. There were 94 attacks on emergency helicopters in 2025 and 35 in the first half of 2026. Targeting an aircraft with a laser is a criminal offence carrying up to five years in prison or an unlimited fine.

  28. Pinchain Tourism

    oneworld Partners with Timeshifter to Offer Free Jet Lag Service to Round-the-World Travellers

    According to a PR Newswire release on 9 September, the oneworld alliance has entered a new partnership with jet lag app Timeshifter to help round-the-world travellers adapt to new time zones faster. Timeshifter is the world's most-downloaded jet lag app, with over 1.7 million users. Effective immediately, travellers who purchase round-the-world itineraries via oneworld.com can receive a free Timeshifter subscription covering the entire journey, taking into account every flight and time-zone change. Timeshifter provides personalised advice based on circadian science, flight itinerary, sleep patterns, chronotype and personal preferences. oneworld Vice President of Loyalty and Business Roger B…

  29. IHG Newsroom

    IHG and ALAND Sign 15-Hotel Deal to Launch Staybridge Suites in Australia

    IHG Hotels & Resorts signed a Master Development Agreement with Australian developer ALAND, giving ALAND exclusive rights to develop Staybridge Suites in Australia with at least 15 hotels and a minimum of 2,000 rooms. The first two hotels are signed: the 130-room Staybridge Suites Sydney Parramatta and 112-room Staybridge Suites Sydney Leppington, both managed by Signature Hotel Management Group. Staybridge Suites has 355 open hotels and 152 in the pipeline.

  30. US BTS Statistical Releases

    US August Transportation PPI: Air Services Up 7.6% Year on Year

    The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported that the transportation equipment Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 2.6% from August 2025 to August 2026. Over the same 12-month period, transportation services PPI varied by mode: air +7.6%, rail +1.4%, truck +14.3%, water +16.7%, and arrangement of freight and cargo +2.2%. By comparison, all services (transportation and non-transportation) rose 5.1%, with transportation contributing 15.6% to the overall increase in the PPI for all services.

  31. CATA

    CATA Holds Second Civil Aviation Flight Management Training in Beijing

    From September 7 to 9, 2026, the Aviation Safety Committee of the China Air Transport Association (CATA) held its second civil aviation flight management training program in Beijing, with 74 flight management staff from airlines nationwide attending a three-day program. The curriculum covered ten topics including flight instruction and technical management, civil aviation safety management and human factors, EBT training, unsafe event investigation, flight safety performance management, and SMS audit issues and improvements, aiming to help flight managers shift from technical specialists to composite managers.

  32. Hospitality Technology

    Flywire Expands Payments and E-Signature Rollout Across Davidson Hospitality Group

    Payments vendor Flywire announced an expanded partnership with Davidson Hospitality Group to deploy its integrated payments and digital signature software across Davidson's portfolio of 88 hotels and resorts. The solution combines e-signature contract execution and deposit collection into a mobile-first interface, cutting signature turnaround times by roughly 75%; expands ACH acceptance to reduce credit card fees on high-value B2B and event transactions; captures signed authorization alongside payment intent to build audit trails supporting a 70%+ dispute win rate and keeping chargeback ratios below 0.03%; and automates payment matching between PMS and enterprise accounting platforms such a…

  33. European Commission Press Corner

    European Commission Pushes Auto-Enrolment Supplementary Pensions Reform

    The European Commission held a Brussels workshop on "Saving for Retirement through Auto-enrolment and Supplementary Pensions," with Commissioner Albuquerque delivering closing remarks. She noted that Europe's pension systems face growing strain from longer lives, lower birth rates and changing labour markets, and that without adaptation too many people will face a sharp drop in retirement income while public budget burdens grow. The Commission's supplementary pensions package adopted last November aims to strengthen supplementary pensions while mobilising broader EU investment. Only around 20% of Europeans participate in occupational pension schemes and only 18% hold a personal pension prod…

  34. Skift Feed

    Skift Global Forum: Five Decisions in the Room

    Skift published a pre-read for its 2026 Global Forum framing five industry decisions: incumbency versus reinvention, funnel versus agent, premium versus volume, human versus machine, and certainty versus speed. Citing Skift Research, AI-enabled companies took 45% of travel startup funding by mid-2025, up from 10% in 2023; 30% of travelers reported "extensive" AI use for trip planning, up 17 percentage points; only 6% of hotels appear in AI-generated search results and only 2% of leisure travelers would let AI book for them. Delta's premium revenue rose 7% in 2025 while main cabin revenue fell 5%.

  35. Skift Feed

    Navan Buys BoomPop to Push Into Meetings and Events

    Business travel platform Navan announced it has acquired BoomPop, an AI-powered platform for planning corporate meetings and events. The acquisition is the latest move in Navan's consolidation strategy, bringing meetings and events spending into the same platform where companies already book travel and manage expenses. Navan declined to disclose the acquisition price. Navan had partnered with BoomPop earlier this year, repeating a playbook it used with Smartrips.

  36. Skift Feed

    Choice's New CEO Has 3 Top Fixes — Plus $450 Million in Hotels to Sell

    Choice Hotels CEO Dominic Dragisich laid out three priorities at a Bank of America conference: restart U.S. room count growth, sell hotels it still owns to become more asset-light, and stop losing revenue share to rivals. Appointed CEO on August 31, Dragisich calls the reset "returning to our roots." Choice spent recent years buying brands such as Radisson and WoodSpring that needed tune-ups, developing Cambria and Everhome as model hotels, and culling underperforming properties, while room count growth slowed.

  37. Brazil ANAC News

    Brazil ANAC Approves New Rule for Exceptional Completion of Congonhas Operations After 23:00

    Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) approved an interpretation allowing, in exceptional contingency situations, the completion of operations originally scheduled for the day at Congonhas Airport (São Paulo) after 23:00, when extraordinary events such as bad weather delay them. The measure is strictly contingency-based: it does not change the airport's official operating hours, grant permanent authorisation for operations after 23:00, create new flights, or allow allocation of additional slots. It is restricted to completing, in whole or in part, operations already scheduled for the day of the exceptional situation. The decision interprets Resolution No. 55/2008, which currently b…

  38. Skift Feed

    EU Unveils Rules to Help Cities Crack Down on Airbnbs

    The European Commission released a proposal for the Affordable Housing Act, laying out a new method for authorities to identify areas under housing stress and a legal framework to curb short-term rental operations. The Commission said housing has become too expensive for many in the EU and the act helps public authorities protect housing affordability and availability in the most pressured areas. EU officials said housing prices have jumped over 60% since 2013. Trade groups backing the short-term rental industry raised concerns about the legislation.

  39. Skift Feed

    Marriott CEO Says AI Will Impact Hotel Distribution First

    Marriott CEO Anthony Capuano said at a Bank of America investor conference that the "biggest impact" of AI adoption on the hotel industry will be in how travelers find and book hotels — the distribution landscape. Marriott is prioritizing appearing in the AI-powered platforms where travelers increasingly shop, feeding Google and OpenAI as much content about its portfolio as it can so hotels "show up in a really both authentic but prominent way." Capuano cited Skift and Lighthouse reports saying Marriott's portfolio appears more readily in those platforms than peers.

  40. Hospitality Technology

    Atlanta Independent Ruby Chow's Adopts SpotOn Platform, Saving 90 Minutes a Night

    Atlanta independent restaurant Ruby Chow's selected SpotOn as its restaurant technology partner, adopting SpotOn's POS platform, reporting and capital financing. Leadership cited faster customer support, more detailed reporting and lower financing costs as reasons for the switch. Ruby Chow's moved from Toast to SpotOn; General Manager and Partner Brian Seo said SpotOn provides a dedicated account manager with faster support, deeper reporting tools, and automated tip calculations that save about 90 minutes each night. The restaurant also used a SpotOn Capital loan to consolidate existing debt into a single payment, with repayment adjusting to sales. According to the National Restaurant Assoc…