Shanghai Travel News
2010-03-09
Expo 2010 promises 'surprise'
Visitors to the upcoming World Expo should expect a "surprising" show as China's economic hub, Shanghai, is gearing up its final preparations for the world-class event, an organizing official said in ...- More -
2009-11-06
Dubai delays debut of tallest tower to early 2010
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Visitors will have to wait until early next year for the opening of the world's tallest building in Dubai. The media office of the city-state's ruler said Wednesday...- More -
2009-11-05
Space hotel says it's on schedule to open in 2012
BARCELONA - A company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and time frame for the mul...- More -
2009-11-04
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Tokyo
TOKYO - Bustling and beguiling -- Tokyo is one of the world's biggest, and most influential, cities and a place where old and new sit easily side by side. Reuters correspondents with local knowledge h...- More -
2009-11-03
Unofficially haunting: Beijing temple houses bizarre bureaucracy
In a country that doesn't formally recognize Halloween, China's capital city has an officially scarier way to spend a late October afternoon. Off a busy road in northeastern Beijing, demons, monsters ...- More -
2009-11-02
Bridge to the past
Bridges are not just for crossing rivers in Pingnan, they are icons of the little-known county in northeast Fujian province. Locals claim that Pingnan was once home to more than 100 of these distincti...- More -
2009-10-31
Another Titanic expedition possible in 2010
NORFOLK, Va. – The company that has exclusive rights to salvage the Titanic wants to make another expedition to the world's most famous shipwreck in 2010. RMS Titanic Inc.'s expedition would be ...- More -
2009-10-30
San Fran named best US city by Conde Nast Traveler
NEW YORK – San Francisco was named the best U.S. city to visit for the 17th year in a row in Conde Nast Traveler magazine's 2009 Readers' Choice Awards. The awards appear in the magazine's Novem...- More -
2009-10-29
Travel Postcard: 48 Hours in Reykjavik, Iceland
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Reykjavik, with its endless summer daylight, long winter nights, glaciers, waterfalls and geysers, is a photographer's paradise and a great holiday destination. Reuters correspond...- More -
2009-10-28
London's Heathrow tops list of worst airports, again
SYDNEY - London's Heathrow Airport has been voted the worst airport in the world for the second year running in a poll of 14,500 frequent fliers while Singapore's Changi was again ranked as the best. ...- More -
2009-10-28
From waterfalls to ancient capitals - Jilin parades its top beauty spots
Editor's note: Jilin, one of the most beautiful provinces in northeast China, prides itself on its natural resources and cultural heritage. Despite the many competing claims of other areas within the ...- More -
2009-10-26
Raising lively voices for a dying singing style
Dong people always have music in their hearts and on their lips. Every Dong person knows the saying, "Rice is for the body; song is for the soul". They take great pride in their "grand songs (dongzu ...- More -
2009-10-24
Berlin Wall rebuilt with dominos on 20th anniversary
BERLIN - The Berlin Wall will be back to briefly divide the German capital again next month -- but with giant brightly colored dominos rather than cement slabs. As the highlight of a 5-million euro ce...- More -
2009-10-23
Risque British backpackers live riskily Down Under
CANBERRA - British backpackers holidaying in Australia are returning home with much more than a suntan, and could be driving the spread Down Under of sexually transmitted diseases with their risky beh...- More -
2009-10-23
Fla.'s Overseas Highway now an All-American Road
KEY LARGO, Fla. – The Overseas Highway, which stretches over 127 miles in the Florida Keys, has been named an All-American Road. Completed in 1938, the Overseas Highway incorporates 42 bridges o...- More -
2009-10-22
Travel Postcard: 48 Hours in Phitsanulok, Thailand
PHITSANULOK, Thailand - Got 48 hours in Phitsanulok, a riverside town in central Thailand? This will help you make the most of a stay in this pilgrimage and party town, known locally as Phi-Lok. SATUR...- More -
2009-10-20
Journey of rediscovery
Tianjin is a bustling city with pristine edifices of modern commerce. From Beijing South Station, it takes a mere 25 minutes by bullet train, a journey completed before you get a chance to quaff the c...- More -
2009-10-19
Hunt for red October
Red leaf fans are now praying for cold weather. The falling foliage of autumn is a sheer delight to color-enthralled tourists. And the Fragrant Hills in northwest Beijing is not the only place to watc...- More -
2009-10-17
A taste of local life
I almost swallowed my tongue at the first bite. It must have been decades since I last tasted such fresh and delicious home-raised chicken. We were sitting along a country road beneath a giant poplar ...- More -
2009-10-16
Where simply delicious food is deliciously simple
Accustomed as I am to traditional Chinese cuisine with its regional variations, I was thrilled to find I could feast on delicious and wholesome foods while traveling across Yunnan. I was pleasantly su...- More -