China is truly an amazing holiday destination with its ancient and age old culture and civilization. You will surely be delighted by its vastness, diversity of people in different provinces, delectable cuisines, superb natural treasures and of course the great historical sites. In today’s modern times, one gets to see the rapid development in Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai in the form of towering skylines and spectacular architecture. Beijing is all set for the Summer Olympics of 2008. Millions of tourists throughout the world are drawn towards China and the popularity of China as a tourist destination is at an all time high.
China has an impressive and illustrious history that is about 5,000 years old. The economic activities are said to have developed for the first time in China in the form of farming and livestock raising. China also has the credits of doing away with the primitive society long ago in the 21st century BC by establishing a slave society. China established the first ever centralized autocracy in 221 BC in the form of Qin dynasty. Thus, China’s history was ushered into feudalism and it endured many dynasties in succession till 1840’s Opium War. The Qing Dynasty’s rule was toppled in 1911 by the Bourgeois Democratic Revolution. The year 1949 saw the formation of The People’s Republic of China and today China has emerged as an economically developed nation with socialist market reforms and open policies.
China has excellent tourism infrastructure in the form of good air transport, airports in all major cities, high quality accommodations and travel and tour packages. The tourists can avail a wide array of tours like the Small Group, Private China, Memorable China, Yangtze Cruises, Tibet Tour, Silk Road Adventure, Guizhou Tour, Yunnan Tour, Xinjiang Tour, China City Packages, Tailor-made Tours, Special China Tours like the China Hiking Tours, China Golf Tours, China Jewish Tours and China Bicycle Tours. The tours are available in four categories of luxury, standard, super deluxe and budget types. The visitors will be able to enjoy the natural wonders like mountains, rivers, caves, grottoes and gardens along with all the splendid scenic beauty of China.
The tourists get to see the historical relics, world heritage sites, museums, temples, monasteries, mausoleums, ancient towns and cities, pagodas, towers, local houses and ethnic groups. The places of tourist interest in China include The Great Wall, Silk Road, Yin Ruins of Henan, Qin Terra-Cotta Army in Shaanxi, Beijing’s Forbidden City, Remains of Banpo Village in Shaanxi, Yuanmingyuan in Beijing, Peking Man Site, Sanxingdui Remains in Sichuan, Hebei’s Mountain Resort of Chengde, Xinjiang’s Ancient City of Loulan, Ancient City of Jiaohe in Xinjiang, Guge Kingdom Ruins in Tibet and many more such historical sites. The most famous mountains of China that are worth visiting are Mt. Huashan in Shaanxi, Mt. Taishan in Shandong, Mt. Songshan in Henan, Mt. Hengshan in Hunan and Mt. Hengshan in Shanxi. In addition, there are many other holy mountains. The visors can also seek pleasure in the different rivers, lakes, beaches, springs and waterfalls. The tourists have abundant treasures to explore in whole of China and the Chinese Holiday is surely going to be a lifetime experience.
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