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The new flights between Chengdu and Frankfurt

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According to Airchina announcement that an new international direct flight will be running to connect China Chengdu and Frankfurt Germany;

The flight is with umber of  CA431 (CTU to FRA)/ CA432 (FRA to CTU); Schedule is 3 flights a week on Tuesday, Friday, Sunday;

This new air-route will help visitors to save at least 5 hours minimu in the air,  and making travel costs hundreds of euros cheaper, it will not only benifit the tours for Sichuan province,  but also the tours to provinces of Guizhou, Yunnan, and Tibet;

2013 Bhutan Visa Fee changed

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Bhutan visa fee has been increased for 2013 according to the updated information from the Department of Immigration’s Rules and Regulation 2012, Annexure III, the rvised Bhutan Visa Fee is as follows:

1, Visa Fee

  • Single entry visa fee: US$40
  • Double entry  visa fee: US$80
  • Triple entry visa fee: US$120
  • Multiple entry visa fee: US$200

2, Visa Renewal Fee:

  • Up-to three months: Nu.1000
  • Up-to six months: Nu.2000
  • Up-to one year: Nu.4000

The above revised visa fee and visa renewal fee are applicable for the visas processed starting from 1st January 2013

Global Code of Ethics for Tourism

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Tourism Ethics Global Code

Editor’s Note: The following contents was originally published on Ethics and Social Dimensions of Tourism, UNWTO. As a member of travel industry we follow this code, and share this with our partners, travellers and tourists;

Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (GCET) is a comprehensive set of principles designed to guide key-players in tourism development. Addressed to governments, the travel industry, communities and tourists alike, it aims to help maximise the sector’s benefits while minimising its potentially negative impact on the environment, cultural heritage and societies across the globe.  click to download Tourism Ethics Global Code

For downloading GCET in other language, please visit to the page of Tourism Ethics Global Code

 

New flight to Chengdu from Europe

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The most convenient city of going to Tibet across China is Chengdu. Previously for visiting Tibet, European visitors have to fly to Beijing or shanghai first, and then by china domestic flight to Chengdu and for the continuing flight to Tibet; this has made the travel costs much higher than other tours of china, and it also costs more hours in the air for getting into Tibet and leaving for return;  after having the first direct Chengdu & Europe flight of Chengdu to Amsterdam; a new direct europe Chengdu flight will be open soon; On 2012, December 20th, British Airways announced that a direct flight between Chengdu and London will be opened since the next September; following that, Sichuan airline is planning to open a Chengdu to Paris direct flight in the next June; all those flights between Chengdu and Amsterdam, London, Paris takes about 10 -11 hours, it is at least 6 hours minimum shorter than the flight via Beijing or Shanghai; and it helps to make easy access to both Tibet and the other minority regions of southwest of China, such as Miao people in Guizhou, Bai people and Thai people in Yunnan province;  and it is more easy to make a visit to Kham and Amdo