The first Recreational Vehicle campsite in West China opened at Erlangjiang Scenic Spot on Qinghai Lake in October. The site features 37 RVs, including four "home-style" vehicles, 27 "standard-room" vehicles, four "VIP" ... Read More>>
Xining tourist departments have organized a series of activities for the first five months. Large scale ice lamp and ice sculpture exhibitions, and performances from famous art troupes will be staged at Xining People’s Park. Visitors taking part in ... Read More>>
An ethnic cultural travel event will be running from Feb. 25 to Mar. 5 in Xining’s Danger Ancient Town, an important cultural area along the Tang-Tibet Old Way and the Silk Road. A variety of ethnic display and performances will be featured. The town ... Read More>>
The Xining Caojiabao Airport is now operating under its winter timetable, which will last up to March 24th. The winter timetable features more flight departures and arrivals: four flights will depart for Beijing each day, while seven flights will depart for ... Read More>>
The 2nd Xiadu Local Snack Festival opened its doors on June 8 in Xining. According to reports, the one-month festival is being held in four venues with a main venue set up in the Huade Food City of Chengzhong District and three other venues located at the ... Read More>>
In 2009, the world’s cycling elite will take to Qinghai to pedal their way to glory in the Tour of Qinghai Lake. This battle takes in some of the most picturesque in the world. Tour of Qinghai Lake was first held in 2002, which was one of the highest ... Read More>>
On September 6th, the Qinghai Lake Scenic Area was approved by the National Tourism Administration to become one of the nation’s 5A-class scenic areas. See also: The 5 Most Beautiful Lakes in China Read More>>
Since December 23rd, China Eastern Airlines adjusted the weekly schedule of flights from Xining-Zhengzhou-Nanjing. The airline now operates flights on a daily basis (as opposed to three times per week previously). The new schedule will be valid until March ... Read More>>
Sichuan Airlines will open two new flights – Sanya-Mianyang-Xining and Xining-Yinchuan – in early December. The Sanya-Mianyang-Xining flight route (No. 3U8717/8) runs every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. It departs from Sanya at 08:00, ... Read More>>
The winter snow culture tour is held from November 2009 to March 2010 in Xining. Residents and tourists will be able to enjoy art works made of ice by ice lamp and ice sculpting masters during the Fifth Ice and Snow Cultural Tourist Festival from January to ... Read More>>
From May 1-3, Xining received 402,100 tourists. 326,000 tourists, 81% of the total May holiday tourist crowd, were in town for a one day trip. People’s Park, Nanshan Park, the Cultural Park and Plateau Wildlife Park, all decorated with colorful flower ... Read More>>
The 4th Chinese Qinghai Automobile and Motorbike Carnival will be held in Xining, Qinghai Province from August 15th to 17th. The main content of the carnival will include a motorbike stunt show and locomotive performance. On the occasion, 500 cars from all ... Read More>>
Qinghai Lake started to freeze beginning with its east part on Dec.16 and froze up totally 28 days later. The date the lake completely froze over was three days earlier than the average of the past five years. The Frozen Qinghai Lake scenic spot will begin ... Read More>>
As Lanzhou-Qinghai multitrack railways were completed, D-trains are expected to open between Xining and Lanzhou in April. By then, it will take no more than 90 minutes between the two cities. Now the scheme has been reported to Ministry of Railways. Read More>>
The 6th Xining Ice Lantern Show will begin in the People’s Park at the end of January and last until March 30. Ice sculptures and over 30,000 lanterns will be on display. The lantern show also has an artificial snow area where visitors can enjoy the ... Read More>>
Hainan Airlines will open a new Sanya-Xi’an-Xining flight on March 1st. The flight schedule is as follows: departs from Sanya at 08:00 and arrives in Xi’an at 11:10; it then departs from Xi’an to at 12:00 and arrives in Xining at 13:20. ... Read More>>
The annual race will be held on Jan. 1st, 2010, to celebrate the New Year in Xining. The competition includes individual competition and group jogging. In addition to local residents, foreigners and senior couples will also take part in the event. The ... Read More>>
From June 10th to 13th, the 2011 China Qinghai Green Economic Investment and Trade Conference (Lilac & Tulip Festival) will be held at Xining Chengnan New District Exhibition Center. Organized by Xining city government, this year’s conference will ... Read More>>
In order to regulate Xining’s taxi market, the 5116 taxis in Xining are changing to special licence plates since Mar. 7th. The license plates of the five taxi companies in urban Xining is Qing A·T while the plates for Datong County, Huangzhong ... Read More>>
Starting September 1st, five parks in Xining – namely Renmin Park, Nanshan Park, Wenhua Park, Huangshui Forest Park and Botanical Garden – are to open to visitors for free. Along with Qilin Bay Park, six out of the seven municipal parks are free ... Read More>>
As Qinghai enters its peak tourist season, Qinghai Airport Company has been actively seeking cooperation with China Eastern Airlines to accommodate the increasing passenger numbers. Accordingly, a new return flight between Xining and Xi’an was ... Read More>>
The 2009 Qinghai Investment & Trade Fair, the tenth since the annual event was initiated in the year 2000, will be held in Xining, capital of western China's Qinghai Province, in May 2009. The Fair, scheduled for May 5-8, will be held at the Qinghai ... Read More>>
Renovation of the Museum of Xining was recently completed and has officially opened to the public for free. It is reported that Xining museum owns the only municipal collection of cultural relics, housing over 180,000 articles after years of collection. ... Read More>>
The Ta’er Temple, carved from ice and snow, various large-scale sculptures, and colorful lanterns will be on show at the Xining Ice Sculpture and Colored Lantern garden party. Ice sculptures designed by Harbin ice sculpture artists, colorful lanterns, ... Read More>>