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 | | Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez last month signed a memorandum of understanding that the department said will bring more customers to the US tourism industry by facilitating group leisure travel from China to the United States and permit US destinations to market themselves in China. The agreement between the United States | | and China, announced at the US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT), is expected to be implemented in the spring. >>> | | China-U.S. Strategic Cooperation Framework in Tourism |  | For the first time ever, 31 leading Chinese tourism officials met in November, 2007 with more than three dozen U.S. state tourism directors during a daylong summit in Charlotte, NC, to explore ways for the two countries to increase cooperation on travel-related matters. A key opportunity is to increase the two-way tourist traffic volume between the two countries.
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Effective January 20, 2008 |  | According to the instruction from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Visa Fee for U.S. Citizen will be increased from $100 to $130 per person, regardless of the types of Visa applied – Notice from the Visa Office of the Chinese Embassy in Washington DC. |
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 | Each year-on the May 1st Labour Day, October 1st National Day, and Lunar New Year- most enjoy a “Golden Week’s” away from the job. But now this is likely to change. The observance to a single day and distribute the rest over a series of one-day holidays for the traditional Tomb Sweeping day (Qing Ming Festival), Dragon Boat festival and Mid-Autumn festival. The number of annual holidays would rise from 10 to 11. The change stems partly from practical concerns over the huge stress Golden Weeks place on trains, planes, hotels and tourist areas. |
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| Organizers: | China National Tourism Administration
Shanghai Municipal People's Government
General Administration of Civil Aviation of China |  | | Dates: | November 20 (Thursday) to November 23 (Sunday), 2008 Click here for day-to-day schedule | | Venue: | Shanghai New International Expo Centre |
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| Sponsored by: | China National Tourist Office
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