Blog Tag - tourism

Talking Travel: American to Fly from Dallas to Beijing; Philippines Travel Ban; Is China Attracting Foreign Tourists
It's always interesting writing about travel while on the edge of a major travel period. Well, if you didn't make any plans already, wait until...
Hidden City Game: The Inaugural Hutong Race
I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a Minotaur lurking in the depths of Beijing’s hutongs. The seemingly endless system of fractal-esque footpaths...
Talking Travel: Ritz-Carlton Hits the Links and Some Other Stuff
  Ritz-Carlton is hitting the links for the first time in China. The Ritz-Carlton, Mission Hills, will open in late 2015 near Haikou, the capital of ...
Talking Travel: London Heathrow, Romania, Why Yanqi Lake, and Other Beijing Travel News
Looks like more and more people want to fly to Beijing. Or away from it. Regardless, the big travel news this week is that Air China plans to double...
Beijing Would Welcome You: Foreign Tourist Arrivals Down 10 Percent in Q1
This is beginning to feel like a story we could write every quarter using auto-fill. In August 2013 we wrote "Pollution Causes 14 Percent Drop in...
City Scene: Foreign Travelers Losing Interest in China?
City Scene is a regular feature in the Beijinger magazine in which we take a more sobering look at some surprising statistics. This month, we wonder...
Talking Travel: Not So Many Deals
As wonderful as it would be to present a whole bunch of last-minute Spring Festival/Chinese New Year travel deals, this year it seems there just...
Tourism Arrivals in Beijing Drop Significantly in 2013
Beijing huanyinged* fewer tourists from January to November, 2013, a drop of 10.3 percent year on year, China Daily reported Monday. That's bad news...
Classified of the Week: Personal Driver
Beijing's diversity and Internet anonymity make for strange bedfellows. Nowhere is this more true than in our website's Classified Ads section. We'...
More Beijingers Receive Residency Permits in 2012, But Will The Trend Continue?
  With all the latest regulations and addded hassle acquiring a visa in Beijing, it's easy to think that the Washington Post may have been on to...
Travel Bound: Can China’s New Tourism Laws Truly Reform the Industry?
Chinese tourists may have a bad reputation for defacing ancient monuments, abusing native wildlife and other generally boorish behavior, but when...
Nothing Can Stop Beijing’s Black Cab Explosion
“Black taxis” (黑车) picking up passengers on Beijing streets are a familiar sight in the capital, but the side businesses that these private vehicles...
China Welcomes Foreigners? This Map Suggests Otherwise
China has long been known as a country of red, but on this map featured in the Washington Post, the Middle Kingdom is red for a very different...
More Lesser-Known Places to Visit in China
Former Beijing-based writer Jennifer Conrad has written a list of "Eight Lesser-Known Places to Visit in China" for Seattle-based travel site...
 Stats Beijing #14: The Skewers of Wangfujing
We strolled by Wangfujing Night Market and counted the number of stalls that sell outrageous things on sticks. Just give this to tourists and save...