Fengxiang, a county in Baoji, a city in Northwest China's Shaanxi province, is renowned for its clay figurines. The bright-colored figurines, which come in different shapes, embody the county's distinct cultural features, and rich historical and cultural messages.

While city folk flock to zoos or animal parks for a glimpse of wildlife, the threats posed by predators such as snow leopards, wolves and brown bears are a daily fact of life for 41-year-old forest ranger Zhao Hongshang in the Qilian Mountains in northwestern China's Qinghai province.

Demand for domestic travel was rekindled last month when approval for cross-provincial group tours to most areas was granted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Forty-one villages in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region were selected as the second batch of national key rural tourism villages for 2020, bringing the total in the region to 56.

At the end of July 2019, I visited the Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Gansu province that has a population of about 700,000.

Zhang Guangqi immediately shared his joy of booking a flight to Hainan province on WeChat in late July. The 37-year-old Beijing resident booked the trip to the southern island the moment he saw the news on July 20 that Beijing had lowered its public-health-emergency response from the second to the third level after recording zero new COVID-19 cases for 14 days in a row.

Visitors to the mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang, where the Terracotta Warriors are displayed, can now access technology that provides user-friendly tourist maps on mobile phones featuring 360-degree panoramic views and even the ability to find one's warrior "twin".

Group visits, admission tickets, other excursions up 60% on monthly basis. Nighttime tours and performances are becoming increasingly popular in China, as rising daytime temperatures are cooling the fervor for visiting popular tourist spots and other attractions, a new report said.