Going off the beaten path, safely.This past week, China Daily reported that Beijing’s rescue team, “Luye,” responded to four emergency calls during the week-long October Holiday alone – all from travelers who needed assistance in...Read More
China’s domestic tourism picks up – with a new green twist.In Mark Graham’s late September South China Morning Post article, “On the inside track,” the author quotes a Chinese couple expressing their changing thoughts on...Read More
Monks in QinghaiLocal governments of Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan and Qinghai have recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement to create what is being called the Shangri-La Ecotourism Region.Officials from Tibet’s third-largest city, Changdu, reached the agreement...Read More
When I first came to the Adventure Travel World Summit in Quebec last year, I didn’t know anyone. I was one of two people from China, and I didn’t know the other. So I had...Read More
More than a quarter of a billion people visited officially recognized ‘scenic spots’, spending 116.6 billion yuan (US$17.5 billion) during the recent National Day golden week holiday, Xinhua is reporting.Tourist traffic was up 27.1 percent...Read More
WildChina’s Beijing office will be closed on Friday, October 1 for China’s National Day holiday. Please call 1-888-902-8808 or email info@wildchina.com for assistance at this time. The US office will be open as usual. Happy...Read More
Return to the Three Gorges:At WildChina we take pride in showing people unseen corners of the country, but sometimes we like to visit the places that everyone else goes, places that we typically don’t take...Read More
When walking around the hutongs of Beijing or the French Concession in Shanghai, it’s hard not to think about the way things were in China before its modernization drive.Shanghai-based media executive and old China hand...Read More
WildChina prides itself in taking its clients to unspoiled, unseen corners of the country, but we also recognize that we wouldn’t know about these places had it not been for the efforts of the old-school...Read More
Although many Chinese travelers will be leaving the country next week for this year’s October Holiday, a national week of celebration for China’s National Day (October 1st), there will still be plenty of locals who...Read More
